Bagworth Manor

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; Baggeworth; Thorneton

In the civil parish of Bagworth and Thornton. In the historic county of Leicestershire (Modern Authority of Leicestershire, 1974 county of Leicestershire).

Medieval moat and two fishponds surviving as earthworks. Fishponds mentioned in 1279. Fortified manor house built 1318, on licence issued to Robert Holand rebuilt C15 and early C17 replaced by present house in 1769. William, Lord Hastings obtained a licence to crenellate in 1474. The 1474 licence has been interpreted as referring to two sites (Bagworth and Thornton) and these were two separate, but adjoining, manors. The actual site of the manor house is roughly midway between these two villages and the manors may well have been administered from one this site and the licence meant only this one place.

This site is a scheduled monument protected by law.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SK45450866

Air Photo from Air Photo and general mapping	1st edition OS Map from Mid to late 19th century maps
Modern Map from Landscape form and features	Modern Map from General location and route planning
Geograph British Isles occasionally has photos of the site and will usually give an idea of the surrounding landscape.

Sources of information, references and further reading

This site's English Heritage (PastScape) Defra or Monument number is 921288
Further information may be available from the holder of the county Historic Environment Record. In particular 'grey' literature, such as watching brief reports, held by H.E.R.s is often poorly referenced and is unlikely to be recorded in this website, or elsewhere.

• Books
  • Cantor, Leonard, 2003, The Scheduled Ancient Monument of Leicestershire and Rutland (Leicester: Kairos Press) p63
    Salter, Mike, 2002, The Castles of the East Midlands (Malvern) p33
    Emery, Anthony, 2000, Greater Medieval Houses Vol2 (Cambridge) p218, 327
    King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol1 p256 [possible]
    Wall, 1907, in Page, Wm, (ed), VCH Leicestershire Vol1 p271
    Turner, T.H. and Parker, J.H., 1859, Some account of Domestic Architecture in England (Oxford) Vol3 pt2 p408
    Nichols, J., 1811, The History and Antiquities of the County of Leicestershire Vol4 p989
• Journal Articles
  • Cantor, Leonard, 1977-8, 'The Medieval Castles of Leicestershire' Transactions of the Leicestershire Archaeological and Historical Society Vol53 p34-5 http://www.le.ac.uk/lahs/downloads/CastlesPagesfromvolumeLIII-4.pdf
    Herbert, A., 1931-3, Transactions of the Leicestershire Architectural and Archaeological Society Vol17 p200
• Primary (Medieval documents or transcriptions of such documents - This section is far from complete and the secondary sources should be consulted for full references.)
  • Calendar of Patent Rolls (1317-21) p189
    Calendar of Charter Rolls Vol6 p243
• Antiquarian (Histories and accounts from late medieval and early modern writers)
  • Chandler, John, 1993, John Leland's Itinerary: travels in Tudor England (Sutton Publishing) p281
    Toulmin-Smith, Lucy (ed), 1910, The itinerary of John Leland in or about the years 1535-1543 (Bell and Sons; London) Vol1 p20 http://www.archive.org/details/itineraryofjohnl01lelauoft