Monument record 0041202000 - MANOR FARM MOAT

Plan Form - L Shaped.
There are traces of moats, arched doors and cellars at the manor-farm of Hyde, which he considers must have belonged to a large mansion (B1).
Remains of moat comprise waterfilled E arm c.9m wide & 2m deep with retaining bank on both sides & traces of now dry S arm c.50m long, 9m wide & 1m deep. Rest destroyed by modern development (B8).

A moated site and other earthworks of medieval and post medieval date are visible on historic aerial photographs and remote sensing data as extant earthworks/ and were mapped as part of the Aylesbury Vale Aerial Investigation and Mapping project (EBC18604). Located north of Manor Farm, Weston Turville, and centred at SP 85457 10749. Only the eastern side of the moat is visible as earthworks on lidar visualisations, in the 1940s it could only be seen as a wooded area but is visible as a wide ditch on lidar visualisations. The northern side may be traceable along the course of the footpath, but it is not clear from the sources available to this project. In the open space to the east of the moated site further earthworks of probable boundaries or the remains of formal gardens can be seen forming subrectangular enclosures. These are on the same alignment as the subrectangular moat and some of the ditches may have been for water supply or drainage for the same. The ditches fit in to the pattern of ridge and furrow earthworks which remain around the site and extend in to plot boundaries along the south side of Main Street (B11 - B13).




(SP 85361080) Moat (NR) (B5).
The remains of an angle of homestead moat at Manor Farm, showing traces of a rampart and outer bank (B2). The main block of the farmhouse is early 19th century, but the east wing incorporates some late 15th or early 16th century work (B14).
The remains of a homestead moat comprising the water-filled east arm, c 9.0m wide and c 2.0m deep, with a retaining bank on both sides, and traces of the now dry S arm, about 50.0m long by 9.0m wide and c 1.0m deep. The rest of the moat has been destroyed by modern development, and Manor Farm is not outstanding. Published 1:2500 survey revised (B15).
The moat infill is at the junction of the south and east arms by field drainage; a "drain-off" is not identifiable. Surveyed on MSD at 1:2500 (B16).
Listed as a possible castle by Cathcart King (B17).
Additional bibliographic source (B18).
History of the incumbancy/ ownership of the manor of Weston Turville and Weston Molyns. John de Molyns was the Lord of the Manor by 1346 (B3).
The site of Manor Farmhouse was the manor house of the sub manor of Hide; therefore it is impossible that it is the site of the licence to crenellate issued to John de Molyns. The site of the licence to crenellate is more likely to be a motte and bailey in the area (B19).

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