Prestbury Court

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; Lower Noverton Moat

In the civil parish of Prestbury.
In the historic county of Gloucestershire (Modern Authority of Gloucestershire, 1974 county of Gloucestershire).

Site of a possible fortified manor house, visible as a complex of earthworks in 1964. Possibly the building known as 'the court', in the possession of the prior of Llanthony in the mid C13. The site was excavated in 1966, revealing building foundations, including those of the great hall and kitchen, along with a quantity of C13 pottery. The given site is now built over. Possibly the manor of the bishop of Hereford described by Leland as having a 'good moat'.

This site has been described as a;
Fortified Manor House
Palace.
The confidence that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Possible.
Earthworks remains.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SO976236

PastScape number; 117679

Books

Elrington, C.R. (ed), 1968, VCH Gloucestershire Vol8 p73

Journal Articles

1991, Glevensis Vol25 p33
Kilminster, Guy, 1996, 'Gloucestershire Unpublished Excavations List' Glevensis Vol29 p37
Hurst, D. Gillian, 1966, 'Medieval Britain in 1965: II Post-conquest' Medieval Archaeology Vol10 p202

Antiquarian (Histories and accounts from late medieval and early modern writers)

Chandler, John, 1993, John Leland's Itinerary: travels in Tudor England (Sutton Publishing) p192, 228

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Prestbury Court

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SO976236

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