Monument record 0257000000 - YARDLEY FARM, PITSTONE

Summary

Medieval to post-medieval moat recorded in cartographic sources and in field survey. Manor house demolished in 18th century and moat infilled

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

Description

Plan Form - RECTANGULAR
1810 MAP SHOWS YARDLEY FARM SURROUNDED BY RECTANGULAR MOAT (B1).
An "interesting fragment" of Erlai House still remains a short distance from the 18th century Yardley Farm House (B3).
(SP 93341632) Yardley Farm marks the site of Erlai, land which once formed a sub-manor in this parish, and gave its name to an ancient hundred, later to become part of Cottesloe Hundred. Erlai House a large moated mansion, formerly stood here, but was already in a ruined condition in the 18th century (B4).
SW SIDE OF MOAT STILL EXTANT BUT HAS BEEN SOMEWHAT LANDSCAPED ON NE SIDE (SURVEY & PHOTOS) (B7).

No trace of the pre-18th century house or moat survive at Yardley Farm. The farmer did not know of the site but said that the farm house dated from 1770. Not outstanding. (B8)
Lipscombe (b2) identified `Yardley' with `Erlai' and noted a field called Erlai Meadow. Yardley Farm is shown on the 1810 estate map surrounded by a rectangular moat (B9) at SP 9335 1632, now infilled (B10).

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 (11)

<1>SBC12280 Map: PITSTONE ESTATE MAP 1810 (IN BRO; REF MA/166/2 - S KETCH ON CAS FILE).
<2>SBC26953 Bibliographic reference: George Lipscomb. 1847. The History and Antiquities of the County of Buckingham (Volume 3). Volume 3. pp431,433-435.
<3>SBC19727 Bibliographic reference: James Joseph Sheahan. 1862. History and Topography of Buckinghamshire. p725.
<4>SBC20462 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1925. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume III. Volume 3. pp406, 409.
<5>SBC8280 Bibliographic reference: A Mawer & F M Stenton. 1925. PLACE-NAMES OF BUCKINGHAMSHIRE (ENGLISH PLACE-NAMES SOCIETY VOL 2). Vol 2. p90.
<6>SBC10607 Map: OS MAP 1960 6IN (1:10560).
<7>SBC4418 Unpublished document: David Dungworth. 1991. PITSTONE: AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL PARISH SURVEY PP104-105, PL 7:11-7:12.
<8>SBC29375 Unpublished document: P A Stevens. 1973. Field Investigators Comments - F1 PAS 04-JUN-73.
<9>SBC29376 Serial: A R Pike. 1979. Moated Site Research Group 6.
<10>SBC28575 Article in serial: Buckinghamshire Archaeological Society. 1977. 'Archaeological Notes from the Buckinghamshire County Museum', in Records of Buckinghamshire Vol 20, part 3, pages 478 - 491, 1977.
<11>SBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE).

Location

Grid reference	Centred SP 9333 1632 (90m by 80m)
Civil Parish	PITSTONE, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Event - Survey: (EBC14242)

Record last edited

Mar 20 2026 3:38PM