Monument record 0040800000 - BIERTON STONORS

Summary

Historic records of medieval to post-medieval manor of Bierton Stonors. Associated fishpond and cultivation earthworks situated 180 metres south west of St James's Church. The moated site includes a roughly rectangular island with a dome shaped profile, which measures 38 metres north east-south west by 22 metres north west-south east. This is surrounded by a ditch with a maximum width of 10 metres and a depth of 2 metres which is water-filled to a depth of about 0.3 metres. An outer bank, about 4 metres wide and thought to be upcast from the ditch, is visible on the south east, north east and south west sides. About 3.5 metres to the south west and parallel with the south eastern arm of the moat is a fishpond which was partly infilled in the 1970s and now survives as a shallow depression, approximately 40 metres north east-south west by a maximum of 10 metres north west-south east. To the south and south west of the moated site are traces of medieval ridge and furrow cultivation, orientated with the moat and thought to be contemporary with it. The moat is shown as 'Dove House Close' on the inclosure map of 1718, and a small rectangular building is marked on the north western endge of the island. The local antiquarian JJ Sheahan, writing in 1862, mentions the existence of a 'dwelling house' and a drawbridge which was 'still in tolerable condition in 1820'. Scheduled

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Archaeological Notification Area: Iron Age, Roman, Saxon and Medieval settlement remains found by excavation and chance finds (DBC9502)
SHINE: Bierton prehistoric to Saxon settlement evidence (DBC7971)
SHINE: Bierton prehistoric to Saxon settlement evidence (DBC7969)

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MANOR? (Medieval to Post-Medieval - 1066 AD to 1798 AD)

Description

OR STONORS CROFT. C14 HELD BY STONOR FAMILY. 1469 SOLD TO SIR RALPH VERNEY & OTHERS. MID C16 PASSED INTO POSESSION OF JOHN BOSSE. REMAINED WITH THEM UNTIL MID C17 WHEN UNITED WITH MANOR OF WAYNFORD & PASSED TO HOWSE FAMILY (B3).

(SP 8351 1511) Moat (NR) (B5).
A homestead moat and two fishponds, both of which are now dry (B4).
A rectangular spring fed part-waterfilled homestead moat situated on a gentle south-facing slope. It measures overall about 50.0m NE to SW by about 38.0m transversely, with arms 10.0m average width, and varying in depth from 2.8m on the higher north side to 1.0m at the lower south side. Material from the moat has been added to the central area to form a level platform, and a low non-surveyable outer retaining bank survives alongside the SW and SE arms. Some building debris of indeterminate type remains on the island, which is overgrown with trees. The NW arm is sculptured to create a garden rockery; later building debris has been dumped in the NE arm over the former causeway. There is no trace of any fishponds, but the farmer recalls filling in "depressions" to the south of the moat. An 'outflow' cannot now be traced. Re-surveyed at 1:2500 (B10).
No change to report of 19.10.73. AM survey correct (B11).

This record includes National Record of the Historic Environment Information provided by Historic England on 4 June 2025 licensed under the Open Government Licence.

Sources (14)

---SBC17237 Aerial Photograph: 01/01/75. BCM A/1/5/20A-21. SP\837150. Yes.
---SBC17238 Aerial Photograph: 01/01/75. BCM A/1/5/21A-22. SP\837152. Yes.
<1>SBC3234 Article in serial: 'C P A'. 1860. 'HISTORICAL MEMORANDA OF BIERTON', IN RECS OF BUCKS 2 PP160-165. Vol 2, part 4. pp163-164.
<2>SBC19727 Bibliographic reference: James Joseph Sheahan. 1862. History and Topography of Buckinghamshire. p97.
<3>SBC20461 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1908. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume II. Volume 2. pp321-322.
<4>SBC20466 Bibliographic reference: Royal Commision on Historical Monuments. 1912. Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire Volume 1. Volume 1. p50.
<5>SBC10378 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1958. OS 1958 1:10560 MAP. 1:10,560.
<6>SBC3230 Bibliographic reference: COWELL R & ALLEN D,FEB 1979.
<7>SBC10628 Unpublished document: Ordnance Survey Field Investigator. OS RECORD CARD.
<8>SBC8526 Bibliographic reference: MILES P R 1981 BIERTON (UNDERGRADUATE DISSERTATION ) PP33-35,36 & FIGS 5-6,8,15,17 (COPY IN CAS FILE.
<9>SBC23981 Scheduling record: English Heritage. 1999. SCHEDULING LIST OF INSPECTORATE OF ANCIENT MONUMENTS.
<10>SBC29155 Verbal communication: N K Blood. 1973. Field Investigators Comments - F1 NKB 19-OCT-73.
<11>SBC29156 Verbal communication: F D Colquhoun. 1977. Field Investigators Comments - F1 FDC 04-JUL-77.
<12>SBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE). Inseet 1999.

Location

Grid reference	SP 83500 15100 (point)
Civil Parish	BIERTON WITH BROUGHTON, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Feb 16 2026 3:56PM