Monument record 0076000000 - MANOR FARM, STEEPLE CLAYDON

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Historical records of medieval to post-medieval manor

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

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HELD AT CONQUEST BY QUEEN EDITH. ASSESSED IN 1086 AT 20 HIDES & HELD BY ALRIC THE COOK. REVERTED TO CROWN. LATER PASSED TO DOYLEY, LE DESPENCER, DE HANDLO, EARLS OF ULSTER, GIFFARD, CHALONER & VERNEY (FULL MANORIAL HISTORY)(B2).

(Centred SP 706268) Earthworks, probably of manorial site (B7).
Manor Farm (SP 70582678) is on the site of the manor-house of the Chaloners, taken down in the 18th C. The earliest mention of the Manor of Steeple Claydon is in 1086 (B2).
The site of the original manor at Steeple Claydon cannot be identified, though it probably lay within the area of high ground now occupied by the Church and the present Manor Farm (built 1710 but not outstanding). See ground photograph. Surrounding this area is a low boundary ditch and a number of enclosures at present under pasture though probably associated with the original manor site (B8).

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

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---SBC18878 Aerial Photograph: 12/12/46. RAF 35.3168. SP\704276. Yes.
<1>SBC16730 Bibliographic reference: Browne Willis. 1755. The History and Antiquities of the Town, Hundred and Deanry of Buckingham. p270.
<2>SBC20463 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1927. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume IV. Volume 4. pp226, 227.
<3>SBC3775 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1984. LIST OF BUILDINGS OF SPECIAL ARCHITECTURAL OR HISTORIC INTEREST.
<4>SBC125 Bibliographic reference: A/P'S RAF,DEC 1946 & CAMB UNIV (ST JOSEPH).
<5>SBC10473 Map: OS 1977 1:2500 MAP.
<6>SBC4737 Bibliographic reference: FARLEY M (? 04/1996) FIELD VIST..
<7>SBC28917 Aerial Photograph: J K St Joseph. St Joseph BV 68.
<8>SBC28918 Verbal communication: 1974. Field Investigators Comments - F1 PAS 04-APR-74.
<9>SBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE).

Location

Grid reference	SP 70484 26774 (point)
Civil Parish	STEEPLE CLAYDON, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Jan 23 2026 12:29PM