Kingsbury Episcopi Bishops Palace

In the civil parish of Kingsbury Episcopi.
In the historic county of Somerset (Modern Authority of Somerset, 1974 county of Somerset).

Documentary evidence indicates that the bishops of Bath and Wells had a residence here from at least C13 to C14. Collinson notes a mid C15 reference to a "court house" which may indicate that the residence was still standing and used to house the manor court. The most likely site is close to the church where, on the N side, are two plots named in the 1844 tithe map as Higer and Lower "Court Leaze" but the building now known as Rodway Manor is possible.

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

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is ST427212

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

County Sites and Monuments Record number; 35969

• Web site links
  • http://webapp1.somerset.gov.uk/her/details.asp?prn=35969
• Other sources and unpublished works (Theses, in-house reports and other such)
  • Payne, N., 1999, "The residences of the medieval Bishops of Bath and Wells" unpubl MA dissertation, Bristol