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Broughton Old Manor Farm

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; Broughton Staveley; Hollands Manor

In the civil parish of Weston Turville.
In the historic county of Buckinghamshire (Modern Authority of Buckinghamshire, 1974 county of Buckinghamshire).

The remains of a large medieval moated site and part of the surrounding pattern of medieval cultivation earthworks. The moated site includes two main islands arranged side by side. Both are similar in size and roughly square in plan, and together they cover a rectangular area measuring about 180m from north to south by 90m transversely. The moated site has been identified as the possible medieval manor of Broughton Staveley, or Hollands Manor, which may have been established on lands given to Missenden Abbey in the first half of C12.

This site has been described as a;
Fortified Manor House.
The confidence that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Possible.
Earthworks remains.

This site is a scheduled monument protected by law.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SP847134

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Good for landscape form and features

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Good for general location

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PastScape number; 344485

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