BAKE MANOR

Identity: confirmed — The registry's primary name, St Germans location, and associated-place data match the historically documented Bake manor and manor house at Bake/Trerulefoot, west of St Germans. Historical descriptions place Bake in the historic parish of St Germans, although the settlement is now in Deviock civil parish. The supplied 1721 rental and 1791 survey references are consistent with a substantial Bake manorial estate, but their online catalogue entries do not expose a mapped extent.
Representative point: 50.402443, -4.363157
Basis: documented_manor_house — Bake Manor, Trerulefoot, Cornwall, postcode PL12 5BW, OS grid reference SX 321 585. The point is the published postcode/grid-reference location for the surviving manor house and should be treated as an approximate house-site point rather than a surveyed building centroid.
Point confidence: medium
Boundary status: representative_point_only
Boundary period: Not established from the available evidence; the 1721 rental and 1791 survey may preserve relevant estate information but no accessible mapped boundary was found.
Boundary confidence: none
Boundary basis: Available sources establish the manor house and indicate that the Bake estate historically included land and farms around Bake and the eastern side of Hessenford, with the Seaton River forming a boundary between Bake-estate land and Duchy land in part of Hessenford. This is insufficient to reconstruct the complete historical manorial perimeter without inspecting the 1721 rental, 1791 survey, estate maps, or associated parcel documentation.
Sources:
- The National Archives, F292094: Bake Manor: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/c/F292094 — Registry record supplied for the exact manor; catalogue page identifies the TNA/MDR record F292094.
- The National Archives, PB/4/92: rental, with other manors, 1721: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/N17781784 — Supplied research lead for a 1721 rental held by Kresen Kernow; potentially relevant to the estate's holdings, but no mapped extent is exposed in the online catalogue result.
- The National Archives, CE/C/40: survey, 1791: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/N17784505 — Supplied research lead for a 1791 survey held privately; potentially relevant to the estate's holdings, but no mapped extent is exposed in the online catalogue result.
- Bake, Cornwall: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bake%2C_Cornwall — Identifies Bake as the location of the manor house, approximately 5 km west of St Germans, and places the manor house near Bake Wood and the River Seaton.
- Map of PL12 5BW postcode: https://www.doogal.co.uk/ShowMap?postcode=PL12+5BW — Lists Bake Manor, Trerulefoot and supplies postcode-centre coordinates 50.402443, -4.363157 and OS grid reference SX321585.
- Ground Floor Flat, Bake Manor, Trerulefoot: https://media.onthemarket.com/properties/3123189/doc_0_0.pdf — Describes the property as Bake Manor and states that the accommodation previously formed part of the manor house; directions place it on the road from Trerulefoot toward Hessenford and Seaton.
- Village of the Week: Hessenford: https://www.cornish-times.co.uk/news/village-of-the-week-118230 — States that the eastern side of Hessenford was part of the Bake estate, which owned many farms in the area, and that Bake manor lies beyond Hessenford toward Trerulefoot.
- St Germans Cornwall Family History Guide: https://parishmouse.co.uk/england/cornwall/st-germans-cornwall-family-history-guide/ — Historical description of St Germans parish lists Bake among its old mansions and hamlets, supporting the registry's St Germans geographical context.
Warnings / uncertainty:
- The representative coordinates derive from the published postcode/grid-reference location for Bake Manor and are not a surveyed building centroid.
- Do not use the modern Deviock civil-parish boundary or the historic St Germans parish boundary as a substitute for the manor's territorial extent.
- The evidence supports a manor-house location and a broad historical association with Bake and parts of Hessenford, but not a defensible complete manor polygon.
- Inspection or digitisation of the 1721 rental PB/4/92, the 1791 survey CE/C/40, and any accompanying estate maps is required before a historical boundary can safely be injected.