Wolsingham Manor of the Bishop of Durham

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; Chapel Walls

In the civil parish of Wolsingham.
In the historic county of Durham; County Palatinate of (Modern Authority of Durham, 1974 county of County Durham).

Traces of a moat of a residential manor of the bishop of Durham with an attached deer park. A series of earthworks adjoining the main complex at the Bishop's Manor House. It is not clear whether they are the outer enclosures of the Manor House, or house sites from the shrunken part of the village. The remains consist of a rectangular enclosure surrounded by a bank and ditch with, in places, an outer bank. The north end of the enclosure has been destroyed by gardens. There is a possible rectangular building in the southwest corner, and a well. The bank is most prominent on east. Fordyce writing in 1857 wrongly attributes the site to a failed monastic foundation begun by Henry Pudsey, the Bishop's nephew.

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

This site is a scheduled monument protected by law.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is NZ07693769

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; 20090

County Sites and Monuments Record number; D2505