BARLINGS MANOR

Identity: confirmed — The registry name BARLINGS MANOR, historical form Barlinges, location Barlings, Lincolnshire, and the supplied TNA/MDR record F291318/authority GB/NNAF/M316704 consistently identify the Barlings manorial record in Barlings, not the separate Barlings Abbey possessions or similarly named manors elsewhere. Medieval and later evidence places the manorial centre in the Barlings–Low Barlings area, associated with the Premonstratensian house and its post-Dissolution estate.
Representative point: 53.2471, -0.3690
Basis: documented_estate_centre — Barlings Abbey and its associated monastic estate stood at NGR TF 0892 7347, in Low Barlings. The Lincolnshire Historic Environment Record documents the abbey as the principal surviving historical estate/manorial centre in Barlings; the approximate WGS84 point is derived from the documented grid reference TF 0892 7347 / TF 08921 73485.
Point confidence: medium
Boundary status: representative_point_only
Boundary period:
Boundary confidence: none
Boundary basis: The available web evidence confirms the location of the Barlings manorial and estate centre but does not provide a defensible polygon for the historical territorial extent of this exact manor. References to Barlings Abbey's wider possessions, including lands and manors at Langworth, Newball, North Carlton, South Carlton, Sudbrooke and elsewhere, cannot safely be treated as the boundary of Barlings Manor itself. The supplied 1743 survey, rentals and court rolls may contain parcel-level extent evidence, but their online catalogue entries do not expose the necessary maps or descriptions.
Sources:
- TNA/MDR: Barlings Manor, record F291318: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/c/F291318 — Supplied registry record identifying the manor as BARLINGS MANOR, associated with Barlings, Lincolnshire, historical form Barlinges, and authority GB/NNAF/M316704.
- Lincolnshire Heritage Explorer: MLI54215 Barlings Abbey: https://heritage-explorer.lincolnshire.gov.uk/Monument/MLI54215 — Authoritative county HER record locating Barlings Abbey at centred NGR TF 0892 7347 and documenting the medieval Premonstratensian estate centre in Barlings.
- Historic England: Barlings Abbey, Low Barlings Lane, Barlings: https://historicengland.org.uk/local/locations/west-lindsey/ — Confirms the surviving historical site and its location in Barlings.
- Lincolnshire Heritage Explorer: MLI53043 Settlement of Langworth: https://heritage-explorer.lincolnshire.gov.uk/Monument/MLI53043 — Shows that Langworth was described in 1270 as a manor of the abbot and convent of Barlings, supporting the distinction between Barlings Manor and other manors held by Barlings Abbey.
- TNA/MDR: 1543-1545 court roll, ref. 1-ANC/3/25/48: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/N17765080 — Supplied archive lead for court material involving Barlings Manor and other manors.
- TNA/MDR: 1743 survey: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/N17768935 — Supplied archive lead potentially capable of establishing the manor's historical parcel extent, but the catalogue record does not expose a usable boundary.
Warnings / uncertainty:
- The representative point is an evidence-based estate-centre proxy at Barlings Abbey, not a claim that the abbey ruins themselves were the sole or exclusive manor house.
- No historical manor boundary polygon has been returned because the accessible evidence does not distinguish the territorial extent of Barlings Manor from the wider and changing possessions of Barlings Abbey.
- Do not substitute the modern civil parish of Barlings for the historical manorial boundary.