Hillingdon Bishop of Worcester's manor

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; Bishopshalt

In the civil parish of Hillingdon.
In the historic county of Middlesex (Modern Authority of London Borough of Hillingdon, 1974 county of Greater London).

Leland writes, in a list of premises belonging to the Bishop of Worcester, 'Hillingdon, where the parish church of Uxbridge is situated, fifteen miles from London'. The bishop paid several visits to the 'manor-house' between 1398 and 1401, and subsequently the estate was usually styled a manor. South of Coney Green, on a moated site almost certainly identifiable with that of the medieval 'manorhouse', stood the rectory house, which had been rebuilt in brick about 1604. Site now occupied by Bishopshalt school.

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 TQ06928266

Modern Map from

Good for landscape form and features

Modern Map from

Good for general location

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1st edition OS Map from

Sources of information, references and further reading

Books

Baker, T.F.T., Cockburn, J.S., Pugh, R.B. (Eds), 1971, 'Hillingdon, including Uxbridge: Churches' VCH Middlesex Vol4 p87 http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=22413

Antiquarian (Histories and accounts from late medieval and early modern writers)

Chandler, John, 1993, John Leland's Itinerary: travels in Tudor England (Sutton Publishing) p518

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