Wargrave Manor of the Bishops of Winchester

In the civil parish of Wargrave.
In the historic county of Berkshire (Modern Authority of Wokingham, 1974 county of Berkshire).

Residential manor of the bishops of Winchester. Wargrave was documented in Domesday as a royal manor. It was granted to the Bishops of Winchester in 1199, who owned it until C16. A survey of 1607 states that the manor house was near the Church, where there was "an ancient house with many necessary rooms such as hall, parlour etc" A 1634 glebe terrier adds that land round the Church was "tythe or gardenage ... where anciently houses or orchards have stood, but converted to pasturage or tillage."

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

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SU782784

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

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