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| HER Number | MWB3571 |
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| Record Type | Place |
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| Name | BAGNOR |
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Summary
A Domesday manor held from the 13th century until the Dissolution by the Prior of Poughley
Other Statuses and Cross-References
- Berkshire SMR No. (pre 2000): 01479.00.000
Monument Type(s):
- MANOR (11th century to Medieval - 1001 AD to 1539 AD)
- VILLAGE (11th century to Medieval - 1001 AD to 1539 AD)
Full Description
Bagnor is a Domesday manor which was held from the 13th century to the Dissolution by the Prior of Poughley. The Domesday mill was worth 20s and another mill was built in the 15th century. Fishing at Bagnor was referred to in the 15th century.
Bagnor was a tithing of Speen parish, and although no tithe map was made for Speen itself as all tithes were commuted by the Enclosure award of 1780, a map and award were produced for Bagnor in 1849 <9>.
Sources and further reading
| <01> | Page and Ditchfield (eds). 1924. Victoria County History (VCH) Berkshire IV 1924. Vol 4. P97, 103, 107. [Monograph / SWB10281]
https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/berks/vol4 (Accessed 15/07/2025) |
| <02> | Commissioned by the Duke of Chandos. 1729/30. Map of Speen Manor. [Map / SWB12939] |
| <03> | Gelling, M. 1973. The Place Names of Berkshire - Part One. English Place-Name Society Vol XLIX. p266-7. [Monograph / SWB10003] |
| <04> | Morgan, P (ed). 1979. Domesday Book - Berkshire. DB5. 63a. [Monograph / SWB14587]
https://opendomesday.org/ (Accessed 11/01/2023) |
| <05> | Betjeman, J and Piper, J (eds). 1949. Murray's Berkshire Architectural Guide. p143. [Monograph / SWB10404] |
| <06> | Money, W. 1892. Collections for the History of the Parish of Speen. online. p24. [Monograph / SWB11824]
https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=JokLAAAAYAAJ&pg=GBS.PR8&hl=en_GB (Accessed on 09/08/2024) |
| <07> | Greenaway, D and Dunlop, L. 2011. Around the Three Valleys. p27, 46-7. [Monograph / SWB148275] |
| <08> | Lovell, R, Beharrell, B and Mills, S. 2017. Bagnor - A unique hamlet beside the River Lambourn in Berkshire. [Unpublished document / SWB149348] |
| <09> | 1849. Bagnor Tithe Map (Map of the Tithing of Bagnor). [Map / SWB150919]
https://berksrecords.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_575e4379-58c0-47d7-bac1-bcd1ff3035e3/ (Accessed 14/08/2025) |
| <10> | Greenwood, C & J. 1822-23. Greenwood's Map of the County of Berkshire. 1:63,360. Marked 'Bagnor'. [Map / SWB150682]
https://heritagesearch.oxfordshire.gov.uk/images/POX0250994 (Accessed 11/02/2026) |
Related Monuments
| MWB19897 | Thatcham Hundred (Place) |
| MWB4831 | SPEEN VILLAGE (formerly Church Speen) (Monument) |
Associated Excavations and Fieldwork
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