Aldworth, De La Beche

In the civil parish of Aldworth.
In the historic county of Berkshire (Modern Authority of West Berkshire, 1974 county of Berkshire).

Excavation uncovered the remains of a probable Medieval fortified manor house; supposed site of a moat indicated by fishponds, a licence to crenellate of c.1338.

This site has been described as a;
Fortified Manor House.
The confidence that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Possible.
Nothing visible remains.

A Royal licence to crenellate was granted in 1338 March 3.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SU55387840

Modern Map from Good for landscape form and features	Modern Map from Good for general location
Air Photo from	1st edition OS Map from

Sources of information, references and further reading

PastScape number; 237245

• Web site links
  • http://www.britannia.com/history/berks/bechcast.html
    http://www.berkshirehistory.com/castles/beche_cast.html
• Books
  • Salter, Mike, 2002, The Castles of The Thames Valley and The Chilterns (Malvern) p18
    King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol1 p12
    Page, Wm and Ditchfield, P.H. (eds), 1924, VCH Berkshire Vol4 p3-5
    Harvey, Alfred, 1911, Castles and Walled Towns of England (Methuen and Co)
    Mackenzie, J.D., 1897, The Castles of England Vol1 p169
    Mackenzie, J.D., 1897, Castles of England (Heinemann) Vol1 p170
    Turner, T.H. and Parker, J.H., 1859, Some account of Domestic Architecture in England (Oxford) Vol3 pt2 p412
    Lysons, D. and S., 1806, Magna Britannia Vol1 p232-3
• 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 (1338-40) p24
• Antiquarian (Histories and accounts from late medieval and early modern writers)
  • William Camden, 1607, Britannia [http://www.philological.bham.ac.uk/cambrit/barkseng.html#berks7]