BARLAVINGTON AND CROUCH MANOR

Identity: confirmed — The registry's saved names Barlavington and Crouch match the historical identification of Barlavington as the manor sometimes called the Manor of Crouch or Crouch alias Barlavington. The record's Barlavington, Sussex location and the associated Crouch court-roll and boundary records are consistent with this single manor in Barlavington parish, Sussex.
Representative point: 50.9456, -0.6111
Basis: supported_manorial_centre — Crouch Farmhouse at Sutton End, Barlavington, is a surviving historic farmstead in the Crouch locality. The farmhouse includes an older west wing, and the historical manor was specifically known as the Manor of Crouch or Crouch alias Barlavington. This is the best defensible surviving geographic proxy for the manorial centre, although the sources do not explicitly prove that the present farmhouse was the medieval manor house.
Point confidence: medium
Boundary status: representative_point_only
Boundary period: Medieval manor, with a documented boundary-perambulation record from 1779
Boundary confidence: none
Boundary basis: The archive leads establish that a 1779 perambulation of Barlavington and other manors survives, but the accessible catalogue information does not reproduce its route or boundary landmarks. Historical directories report the manor/parish at approximately 1,147 acres of land plus 52 acres of water in 1909, while other historical sources describe Barlavington as a small parish and estate. These figures and descriptions are insufficient to reconstruct a reliable manorial polygon without the original perambulation, estate map, tithe map, or associated parcel schedule. The modern parish, current Barlavington Estate, and Burton Park have therefore not been substituted for the historical manor boundary.
Sources:
- The National Archives Discovery: Barlavington and Crouch Manor, F255164: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/c/F255164 — Registry record identifying the exact manor and authority/reference GB/NNAF/M273203.
- The National Archives Discovery: Court rolls of Barlavington/Crouch, 1407-1408, PHA 6684: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/N14704298 — Early court-roll reference for the manor, held in the Wyndham/Petworth material.
- The National Archives Discovery: Court rolls with other Petworth Honour manors, 1547-1549, PHA 6677: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/N14706813 — Sixteenth-century court-roll reference linking the manor with the Petworth Honour.
- West Sussex Record Office: Extracts from court rolls, 1596-1682, SAS/S/500: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/N14708099 — Later court-roll extracts for the manor.
- The National Archives Discovery: 1779 perambulation, PHA 12154: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/N14713189 — Direct evidence that a 1779 boundary perambulation involving Barlavington and other manors exists, but the catalogue entry does not provide the route.
- Crouch Farmhouse, Barlavington, Historic England List Entry 1026592: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1026592 — Historic Crouch Farmhouse in Barlavington at National Grid Reference SU 97672 17157; the building has an older west wing behind an eighteenth-century main range.
- Crouch Farm Cottages, Barlavington, Historic England List Entry 1222142: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1222142 — Additional surviving historic Crouch locality buildings at SU 97594 17186, supporting the identification of the Crouch farmstead/locality as the relevant manorial centre.
- A History of the Castles, Mansions and Manors of Western Sussex, 1876: https://www.public-library.uk/dailyebook/A%20history%20of%20the%20castles%20mansions%20and%20manors%20of%20western%20Sussex%20%281876%29.pdf — Historical account stating that the Barlavington manor was called the Manor of Crouch, had been assigned by the Dawtreys to Hardham Priory, and later passed through the Goring and Biddulph estates.
- Kelly's Directory entry for Barlavington, 1909: https://www.sussex-opc.org/Kelly1909/BarlavingtonKellys1909.htm — Contemporary description of Barlavington, including its approximate area, principal landowners, Barlton House, and Crouch Farm.
Warnings / uncertainty:
- The representative point is a supported manorial-centre proxy, not a proven medieval manor-house location.
- No historical manor boundary polygon has been returned because the 1779 perambulation and any associated map or landmark schedule were not accessible in sufficient detail.
- The modern civil parish boundary, present Barlavington Estate, and Burton Park were not treated as the historical manor boundary.