Monument record 2600/4 - Burystead Manor, Warmington

Medieval manor held by the Abbey of Peterborough

{1} Warmington surveyed for Thomas Elmes, Lord of the Manor. Secular lands of the manor probably those of the former Manor of Peterborough Abbey. Manor house shown on map, but accompanying schedule indicates additional buildings including the dwelling house, 4 barns, stables and outhouses. These buildings are named in the survey book as the 'Berry Steed dwelling house, two barns, stable dovehouse, other outhouses, a yard and orchard. Elsewhere there is a reference to the 'Berrysteed or Mannour House'. Dovecote Close lies to the west of the manor hosue. Immediately south-east is a field named 'St Andrews Close alias Chappel Close'.

{2} The accounts of 1300-10 record the following buildings; hall chamber, barn, malt-house, kiln, stable, ox-house, chicken-house, pig-sty and pinfold. Mention is also made of the great gate or gate towards the way.
Within field WR13 0.36ha was surveyed by both magnetometer and resistivity meter in the area traversed by the proposed bypass route, with the intention of establishing whether buried remains could be located, possibly relating to the documented manor site.

{3} 1300-1310 accounts list a hall, chamber, barn, malt house, kiln, stable, ox-house, chicken house, pig sty, pinfold and "great gate". A 1621 written survey: group of buildings are listed as "Berry Steed dwelling house, two barns, stables, dovehouse, a yard and an orchard." Manor believed to be in modern-day Eaglethorpe.

{4} Location of early Manor House is uncertain - may be in complex surrounding courtyard between Dovecote Close and St Andrew's Close. At sometime before 1677 the manor had moved to its present site in the village.

<1> 1621, MAP, (unchecked) (Map). SNN39896.

<2> Northamptonshire Archaeology Unit, 1993, A605 Warmington Bypass and Tansor Improvements: Archaeological Evaluation 1991-1993, p.29 (checked) (Report). SNN70164.

<3> 1997, Archaeology News Warmington, (unchecked) (Newsletter). SNN107037.

<4> 1996, MANOR FARM, WARMINGTON, (unchecked) (Report). SNN39897.

Record last edited

Mar 20 2018 2:46PM