Scheduled MonumentsEnglandMedieval moated site of Guildford Park Manor, Manor Farm

Medieval moated site of Guildford Park Manor, Manor Farm

England
List entry 1012785
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1012785
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.47 hectares
Grid reference
SU 96912 49315
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Guildford Park Manor, Manor Farm is a medieval moated site located in Surrey, England. The monument consists of a substantial moat that formerly enclosed a residential complex, typical of the domestic fortifications erected by the minor gentry and substantial landholders during the medieval period. The site is recorded as a scheduled ancient monument and represents the earthwork remains of a settlement pattern characteristic of Surrey's medieval landscape. The moat, preserved as an archaeological feature, provides evidence of medieval land use and the social hierarchy of rural settlement in the region.

Medieval moated site of Guildford Park Manor, Manor Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1012785. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Medieval moated site of Guildford Park Manor, Manor Farm?

Guildford Park Manor, Manor Farm is a medieval moated site located in Surrey, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1012785.

Who is responsible for protecting Medieval moated site of Guildford Park Manor, Manor Farm?

Medieval moated site of Guildford Park Manor, Manor Farm is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1012785.

What other scheduled monuments are near Medieval moated site of Guildford Park Manor, Manor Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Frowsbury Mound: a bowl barrow 70m south of Clear Barn (3.4 km), Eashing Bridge, Lower Eashing (5.9 km), Anglo-Saxon fortified centre at Eashing (5.9 km).

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Overview
An interactive map of the location with every monument and battle plotted, and a plain-language history built only from what the record holds.
Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.
Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.
Spotlight
A deep dive into the most remarkable, lesser-known history of the place, traced back to the record.
Target Zones
For detectorists: the most promising ground to search nearby, ranked by confidence, with what to expect.
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The whole story of the location told era by era, from prehistory to the present day.
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The ground beneath

The bedrock under Medieval moated site of Guildford Park Manor, Manor Farm

Medieval moated site of Guildford Park Manor, Manor Farm stands on Lambeth Group, bedrock that formed in the Paleocene. The rock here is clay, silt, sand and gravel.

The wider landscape

Around Medieval moated site of Guildford Park Manor, Manor Farm

SilchesterRoman town · ~21.9 miles