Wychemere

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; Bear's Rails

In the civil parish of Old Windsor.
In the historic county of Berkshire (Modern Authority of Windsor & Maidenhead, 1974 county of Berkshire).

Manor reacquired for the crown by Edward III in 1359. £400 spent on enclosing the associated park and small sums spent on the moated manor house which became part of the complex of manor-houses and lodges belonging to the castle and forest of Windsor. Moated Medieval site in Windsor Great Park comprising a waterfilled inner moat surrounded by a shallow dry ditch. Excavations have located a house which has been identified as the Royal manor of Wychemere, which was documented in 1359-1395. The moats are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs. The inner moat encloses an area measuring 90m by 85m and the outer moat encloses an area measuring 140m by 120m. The excavations in 1919-20 were carried out by Captain A. Vaughan Williams in the belief that it was the palace of Edward the Confessor.

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

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SU97347385

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; 251400

• Web site links
  • http://www.berkshirehistory.com/castles/old_windsor_manor.html
• Books
  • Colvin, H.M., Brown, R.Allen and Taylor, A.J., 1963, The history of the King's Works Vol2: the Middle Ages (London: HMSO) p1020-21
    Harwood, T.E., 1929, Windsor Old and New p170-1
• Journal Articles
  • 1920-1, Berkshire Archaeological Journal Vol26 p11, 13 [note]
    1920, Journal of the British Archaeological Association Vol26 p208-9 [note]
    1919, Journal of the British Archaeological Association Vol25 p275-7 [note]
    1918, Journal of the British Archaeological Association Vol24 p267-8 [note]