Borthwood Manor

Borthwood Manor
Borthwood Manor
Former names	Bourdourde
Alternative names	Bordewode
General information
Type	Manor house
Location	Brading
Country	United Kingdom

Last updated March 16, 2019

Borthwood Manor (also Bourdourde, 11th century; Bordewode, 14th century) is a manor house in the parish of Brading on the Isle of Wight.

The ancient 'Kynges Towne' of Brading is the main town of the civil parish of the same name. The ecclesiastical parish of Brading used to cover about a tenth of the Isle of Wight. The civil parish now includes the town itself and Adgestone, Morton, Nunwell and other outlying areas between Ryde, St Helens, Bembridge, Sandown and Arreton. Alverstone was transferred to the Newchurch parish some thirty years ago.

Isle of Wight County and island of England

The Isle of Wight is a county and the largest and second-most populous island in England. It is in the English Channel, between 2 and 5 miles off the coast of Hampshire, separated by the Solent. The island has resorts that have been holiday destinations since Victorian times, and is known for its mild climate, coastal scenery, and verdant landscape of fields, downland and chines.

History

Borthwood, a small holding on the borders of Newchurch and Brading, was originally a wooded tract of far greater extent, and termed a forest. It appears among the lands of William son of Azor in Domesday, being held with Branston and Lessland. Borthwood seems frequently to have been granted with the lordship of the Island, and belonged to Piers Gaveston in 1309, and to the Earl of Chester in 1316.^[1] In 1415 it was granted with the lordship to Philippa, Duchess of York, and in 1507 paid a fee-farm rent of 66s. 8d. to the Crown. ^[1] Borthwood afterwards seems to have become annexed to the manor of Thorley, for in 1587–8 'the farm of the manor of Brodewood parcel of the manor of Thorley with Brodewood' was leased for twenty-one years to Thomas Keys. (fn. 162) In 1780 Robert Worsley paid the Crown a rent for tithes in Borthwood.^[1] Borthwood in 1820 was owned by Sir W. G. Stirling, who acquired it probably by his marriage with Susannah daughter of George T. Goodenough of Borthwood, and in 1912 it was held by Mr. W. G. Stirling.^[1]

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References

This article includes text incorporated from William Page's "A History of the County of Hampshire: Volume 5 (1912)", a publication now in the public domain

1 2 3 4 "Victoria County History". British History Online, University of London & History of Parliament Trust. 1912. Retrieved 9 July 2012.

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[british-history.ac.uk1912-1] 1 2 3 4 "Victoria County History". British History Online, University of London & History of Parliament Trust. 1912. Retrieved 9 July 2012.