Hillingdon Bishop of Worcester's manor (The Gatehouse Record)

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as;
Bishopshalt

In the civil parish of Hillingdon.
In the historic county of London and Middlesex.
Modern Authority of London Borough of Hillingdon.
1974 county of Greater London.
Medieval County of Middlesex.

OS Map Grid Reference: TQ06928266
Latitude 51.53242° Longitude -0.45967°

Hillingdon Bishop of Worcester's manor has been described as a probable Palace.

There are no visible remains.

Description

Leland writes, in a list of premises belonging to the Bishop of Worcester, 'Hillingdon, where the parish church of Uxbridge is situated, fifteen miles from London'. The bishop paid several visits to the 'manor-house' between 1398 and 1401, and subsequently the estate was usually styled a manor. South of Coney Green, on a moated site almost certainly identifiable with that of the medieval 'manorhouse', stood the rectory house, which had been rebuilt in brick about 1604. Site now occupied by Bishopshalt school.

According to the VCH (Middlesex 4: 87) "the bishop paid several visits to the 'manor-house' (at Hilligdon, Middlesex) between 1398 and 1401." This in itself would not qualify the house as a residence, but it may have been used at other times. (Payne)

Sources of information, references and further reading

Further information may be available from the holder of the county Historic Environment Record.

Books
- Emery, Anthony, 2000, Greater Medieval Houses of England and Wales Vol. 2 East Anglia, Central England and Wales (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press) p. 464
  Dyer, C., 1980, Lords and Peasants in a Changing Society: The Estates of the Bishopric of Worcester, 680-1540 (Cambridge University Press)
  Baker, T.F.T., Cockburn, J.S., Pugh, R.B. (Eds), 1971, 'Hillingdon, including Uxbridge: Churches' VCH Middlesex Vol. 4 p. 87 online transcription
Antiquarian (Histories and accounts from late medieval and early modern writers)
- Chandler, John, 1993, John Leland's Itinerary: travels in Tudor England (Sutton Publishing) p. 518
  Toulmin-Smith, Lucy (ed), 1910, The itinerary of John Leland in or about the years 1535-1543 (London: Bell and Sons) Vol. 5 p. 228 online copy
Other sources: Theses; 'grey' literature; in-house reports; unpublished works; etc.
- 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 EThOS)

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