Cumnor Manor

Has been described as a Rejected Palace (Other)

There are no visible remains

NameCumnor Manor
Alternative NamesCumner
Historic CountryBerkshire
Modern AuthorityOxfordshire
1974 AuthorityOxfordshire
Civil ParishCumnor

Thompson lists that the Bishop of Salisbury had a residential manor at Cumnor, Berks.

Gatehouse Comments

The manor of Cumnor was held by the abbots of Adingdon and the residence there, Cumnor Place, demolished in 1810 did not belong to the bishops. This is rejected from the Gatehouse list of palaces which are restricted to royal and episcopal houses and is here purely because of the misidentification by Thompson. However, this was an important residence of a major religious magnate and does fill a broader definition of palace.

- Philip Davis

Not scheduled

Not Listed

Historic England (PastScape) Defra or Monument number(s)
County Historic Environment Record
OS Map Grid ReferenceSP461041
Latitude51.7335014343262
Longitude-1.33224999904633
Eastings446100
Northings204100
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Books

  • Emery, Anthony, 2006, Greater Medieval Houses of England and Wales Vol. 3 Southern England (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press) p. 44
  • Thompson, M.W., 1998, Medieval bishops' houses in England and Wales (Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing) p. 184
  • Platt, C., 1969, The monastic grange in medieval England p. 8, 37-9, 200-1
  • Whittock, N., 1830, The Microcosm of Oxford
  • Lysons,1813, Magna Britannia Vol. 1 Part 2 p. 213
  • Timbs, J. and Gunn, A., 1872, Abbeys, Castles and Ancient Halls of England and Wales Vol. 2 (London) p. 59-63 online copy

Journals

  • 1821, The Gentleman's Magazine Part 1 p. 198, Part 2 p. 201-5 online copy

Other

  • Payne, Naomi, 2003, The medieval residences of the bishops of Bath and Wells, and Salisbury (PhD Thesis University of Bristol) p. 29 (available via EThOS)