Haddenham Manor of the bishop of Ely (The Gatehouse Record)

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as;
Lyndonbury, Lyndonby

In the civil parish of Haddenham.
In the historic county of Cambridgeshire and the Isle of Ely.
Modern Authority of Cambridgeshire.
1974 county of Cambridgeshire.
Medieval County of county palatine of the Isle of Ely.

OS Map Grid Reference: TL46387569
Latitude 52.35968° Longitude 0.14825°

Haddenham Manor of the bishop of Ely has been described as a Palace although is doubtful that it was such.

There are no visible remains.

Comments

Haddenham manor was held by the bishops from the early C12 and was one of their large sources of money but the manor house described in the VCH is a small place and does not seem to been a residential palace.
There were several manors in Haddenham and the location of the bishops manor is uncertain. It was not Hinton Hall, The Victorian rectory is said to have been built on the site of a manor house and this may be the location, although the Linden place name on the south side of the village may suggest the manor, which was usually called Lyndonbury, was in this area.

Sources of information, references and further reading

Historic England (PastScape) Defra or Monument number(s) 372075.
Further information may be available from the holder of the county Historic Environment Record.

Books
- Pugh, R.B. (ed), 2002, VCH Cambridgeshire and the Isle of Ely Vol. 4 p. 143 online transcription
  Emery, Anthony, 2000, Greater Medieval Houses of England and Wales Vol. 2 East Anglia, Central England and Wales (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press) p. 154
Other sources: Theses; 'grey' literature; in-house reports; unpublished works; etc.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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