Bishops Sutton Bishops Palace

In the civil parish of Bishops Sutton.
In the historic county of Hampshire (Modern Authority of Hampshire, 1974 county of Hampshire).

Manor held by Bishop of Winchester from 1136. In 1551-52 manor house described as very old house, once walled, now decayed; an old pond or moat adjoins it. Within the memory of persons still living ruins of extensive building stood in meadows N of church. V thick walls of mortared flints. Conjectured that it was destroyed during Civil War. For many years all traces even of its ruins have entirely disappeared. Site indicated by roughly rectangular area of uneven ground, under pasture, c95mx85m. Fragments of building material visible at surface

This site has been described as a;
Palace.
The confidence that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Certain.
Nothing visible remains.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SU60653220

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; 239714

County Sites and Monuments Record number; 19076

• Web site links
  • http://www.hants.gov.uk/hampshiretreasures/entries/v01p011e06.html
• Books
  • Emery, Anthony, 2006, Greater Medieval Houses Vol3 (Cambridge) p430-34
    Thompson, M.W., 1998, Medieval bishops' houses in England and Wales (Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing) p186