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They are about to pass East Barsham Manor, a gloomy, Gothic house which is said to be haunted.

The 15th-century tower of the church stands on Norman foundations, and houses the tomb of the last abbot of St Augustine's abbey at Canterbury who, at the time of the Dissolution, was given the manor

Henry VIII stayed at the Archbishop's Palace (the manor house) on his way to the Field of the Cloth of Gold. Around Ashford & Folkestone

That said, the 18th-century Welford Manor, beyond the trees on the left, is built in stone.

Cakeham Manor House is a medieval palace of the Bishop of Chichester. The shop is an estate agent's, a sign of the expansion in the housing market at this quiet coastal resort.

The fortified manor of the Wynn family, built at various stages from around 1490, is seen with carefully tended beds and wisteria and ivy-clad walls.

It was purchased by the town from the manor of Shirley in 1228 for ten silver marks—quite a bargain!

We are in a marshy area—Amberley Wild Brooks, beside the tidal and navigable River Arun.The castle was a fortified manor of the Bishops of Chichester; it was crenellated c1377 to defend the coastal

It was purchased by the town from the manor of Shirley in 1228 for ten silver marks - quite a bargain!

The one-time manor is sited very close to the M1 motorway, and the whole area has undergone considerable development because of the demand for housing within reach of London.

This timeless picture shows the quintessential English church and adjoining manor.

The latter commemorated the marriage of Miss Elinor Mary Triphine de Poher to the local landowner Frederick Joseph Weld of Chideock Manor. The row of council houses is at Broadmead (left foreground).

Elizabeth gave one Chelmsfordian another cause to smile: in 1563, she sold the manor of Chelmsford to Thomas Mildmay. Three years later he was dead.

The green was a more self-consciously contrived piece of villagescape at the gates of the manor house.

Downham is another example of a village which was tightly controlled by the lords of the manor, who refused to let industry into the village.

Sir Henry held the manor of nearby Sydmonton until his death in 1625, and it was his widow who was responsible for the splendid marble and alabaster tomb.

Irby Hall was built on the site of the ancient manor house of St Werburgh's Abbey, Chester. The building dated from the early 17th century and was completely half-timbered.

The once thriving mill closed in 1947, and the Manor House, later used as a brewery, went in 1956. The First School and St Paul's Church were both built in 1838.

Examples from west to east include Burton Park, Parham itself, Wiston Park, Firle Place and Folkington Manor. Some, including Parham, can be seen from the South Downs Way.

Bosham was a royal manor owned by Earl Harold, later the last Anglo-Danish king of England, who is shown praying here before sailing for Normandy in 1064.

Ford was built as a manor house by William Heron in 1338, but it was quickly raised in status to a castle. By 1367 Ford had been integrated into English defence planning for the North.

Looking east from the drive to the Manor House and church, the village green in 1897 was all but submerged in tall trees. These have gone and there are much more modest trees in their place.

Woolworth's has a plaque reset in the parapet recording the building as a gift of 'John Fotherley, Esq, Lord of the Manor of Rickmansworth, Anno Domini 1812'.

Little has changed in this picture over the years – the farm cottage on the left and the Manor House, far right, remain, but the grocer's shop succumbed to supermarket competition and is now a private