Weaverthorpe manor
Has been described as a Questionable Fortified Manor House
There are earthwork remains
| Name | Weaverthorpe manor |
| Alternative Names | |
| Historic Country | Yorkshire |
| Modern Authority | North Yorkshire |
| 1974 Authority | North Yorkshire |
| Civil Parish | Weaverthorpe |
Excavations by T C M Brewster for MOW on part of the manorial site affected by the extension of St Andrew's churchyard (SE 967711) uncovered two large buildings, a Roman pit, remains of garth walls, an oval enclosure later than the 14th century, an oval pit containing Stamford ware, and the remains of several small buildings. The large hall and associated rooms, was 64 ft by 26 ft and constructed of chalk walls 2 ft thick. Ceramic and documentary evidence show that it was constructed in the early 13th century and abandoned by about 1356. The second structure of the 12th century was 57ft by 28 ft with 4 1/2 ft thick chalk-slab walls laid in herringbone style. An eroded Roman coin, RB potsherds, and pustular ware sherds were found in the wall-bonding (Med Arch, 1961). The earthwork encloses two contiguous sub-rectangular areas, the western approximately 80.0m x 130.0m and the eastern 50.0m x 120.0m. The western enclosures originally consisted of a bank with an outer ditch which is still evident on the W. S and part of the E sides. The bank of the eastern enclosure crosses the ditch at the SE angle, evidence that the western enclosure was the primary feature. The eastern enclosure was also originally contained by a bank, but on the E side this has been reduced to an outward facing scarp. In addition it also has an external ditch along the S side. The primary enclosure clearly pre-dates the manor complex, the slight visible remains of which overlie the northern part of its E side. Despite its Roman characteristics Brewster postulates an immediate post-conquest date on ceramic evidence from the primary silting of the ditch. The Roman finds from the site he attributes to RB settlement of which no surface indications remain. Mr R H Hayes confirms that in 1951 during the Roman excavations at Norton ER, he and D Smith sectioned the bank and ditch of the primary earthwork at the above site in an attempt to establish whether or not it was Roman in origin
This section, which proved to be inconclusive, was the only work done at that time (Field Investigators Comments–F1 DS 13-JUN-1972). (PastScape)
This site is a scheduled monument protected by law
Not Listed
Historic England (PastScape) Defra or Monument number(s)
County Historic Environment Record
| OS Map Grid Reference | SE967711 |
| Latitude | 54.1266708374023 |
| Longitude | -0.521759986877441 |
| Eastings | 496700 |
| Northings | 471100 |
