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HHER Number:10032
Type of record:Monument
Name:MANORIAL SITE, STANDON LORDSHIP, STANDON

Summary

Medieval manorial centre of the manor of Standon

Grid Reference:TL 392 214
Map Sheet:TL32SE
Parish:Standon, East Hertfordshire, Hertfordshire
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Monument Types

  • MANOR (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1500 AD)

Protected Status

  • SHINE: Standon Lordship, Medieval Manorial Site

Full description

In 1262 an extent of Standon manor records c.625 acres of (mainly arable) land and included two fisheries, a park of about 2 leagues in circumference, and a fruit and herb garden, which has been tentatively identified with ‘Balsoms Park’, a field to the east of the Lordship <1>. For the manorial history and surviving features, see <3>; for the post-medieval house, see [12818].


RAF, 1946, Grassmarks at Standon Lordship, PNO 8879 (Aerial Photograph). SHT16118.


<1> Page, W (ed.), 1912, VCH Hertfordshire vol.3, - p353 (Bibliographic reference). SHT2329.


<2> Smith, J T, 1993, Hertfordshire houses: selective inventory (Bibliographic reference). SHT16660.


<3> Perowne, Christopher, 1967, A history of the parish of Standon (Bibliographic reference). SHT8631.

Sources and further reading

---Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. Grassmarks at Standon Lordship. PNO 8879.
<1>Bibliographic reference: Page, W (ed.). 1912. VCH Hertfordshire vol.3. - p353.
<2>Bibliographic reference: Smith, J T. 1993. Hertfordshire houses: selective inventory.
<3>Bibliographic reference: Perowne, Christopher. 1967. A history of the parish of Standon.