Meliden manor of Bishop of St Asaph

Has been described as a Questionable Palace (Bishop)

There are no visible remains

NameMeliden manor of Bishop of St Asaph
Alternative Names
Historic CountryFlintshire
Modern AuthorityDenbighshire
1974 AuthorityClwyd
CommunityPrestatyn

Residential manor house of the bishop of St Asaph mentioned in the Valor Ecclesiasticus reformation survey. (Thompson)

Thompson includes Llandegla and Meliden (both Denbighshire) in his list of residences of the bishops of St Asaph, with the Valor Ecclesiasticus cited as the source. In the Valor, Llandegla, Meliden and St Martin's (Shropshire) are simply called "manerium de" so there is no definitive mention of a manor house, although all of the small number of other holdings are called "terra" (lands) or "dominio" (lordship). (Payne, 2003)

Gatehouse Comments

The likely location of the manor house (which would have had a steward even if not a bishops residence) would be near the church at the given location.

- Philip Davis

Not scheduled

Not Listed

County Historic Environment Record
OS Map Grid ReferenceSJ061809
Latitude53.3167114257813
Longitude-3.40981006622314
Eastings306100
Northings380900
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Books

  • Thompson, M.W., 1998, Medieval bishops' houses in England and Wales (Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing) p. 182

Primary Sources

  • 1821, Valor Ecclesiasticus (London: G. Eyre and A. Strahan) Vol. 4 p. 433, 446 online copy

Other

  • Payne, Naomi, 2003, The medieval residences of the bishops of Bath and Wells, and Salisbury (PhD Thesis University of Bristol) Appendix B: List of Medieval Bishop's Palaces in England and Wales (available via [http://ethos.bl.uk])