Weston Turville, Manor Farm

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; Weston Turvill

In the civil parish of Weston Turville.
In the historic county of Buckinghamshire (Modern Authority of Buckinghamshire, 1974 county of Buckinghamshire).

Remains of a medieval moat with traces of a rampart and outer bank. The farmhouse mainly dates from the early C19 but contains a late C15 timber framed hall within the east wing. The house may have been built by Sir Henry Colet who bought the manor in 1483/4. It was altered in C17 and C17. This may be the site of the house for which a licence to crenellate was granted in 1334 to John de Moleyns and his wife.

This site has been described as a;
Fortified Manor House.
The confidence that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Questionable.
Cropmarks/slight earthworks remains.

listed building

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The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SP85361080

PastScape number; 344451

Books

Salter, Mike, 2002, The Castles of The Thames Valley and The Chilterns (Malvern) p37
Pevsner, Nikolaus and Elizabeth Williamson with Geoffrey K Brandwood, 1994, The buildings of England: Buckinghamshire (Harmondsworth) p735-736
King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol1 p29
RCHME, 1912, An inventory of the historical monuments in Buckinghamshire Vol1 [south] p316-7
Turner, T.H. and Parker, J.H., 1859, Some account of Domestic Architecture in England (Oxford) Vol3 pt2 p410

Journal Articles

Yeoman, P.A., 1986, ‘Excavations at the Manor House, Weston Turville’,South Midlands Archaeology Vol16 p41-2

Primary (Medieval documents or transcriptions of such documents - This section is far from complete and the secondary sources should be consulted for full references.)

Calendar of Patent Rolls (1330-34) p493

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Weston Turville, Manor Farm

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SP85361080

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