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In the early 18th century the manor passed to Thomas Pitt, an enterprising businessman who made a lot of money by selling a valuable diamond to the Regent of France.

Its owes its name to a legend about a subterranean passage linking it with the monastery that stood on the site of Prideaux Place, the castellated mansion of the Lord of the Manor.

The setting of the 1664 Manor House is stunningly beautiful, as we can see here. The house was given a new wing in 1873, and is said to have been Victorianised.

The nearby manor house of Wolfeton was built in the reign of Henry VIII, and was for many years the home of the Trenchard family.

Edward Gibbon, the historian who wrote 'The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire', lived at the Manor House as a child.

The castle was originally a fortified manor house built by Sir John de Broughton in 1306; the battlements and a gatehouse were added by William de Wykeham in 1405.

It is owned by the lord of the manor.

The name of this busy shopping street is significant because it commemorates Lord of the Manor Colonel Humphrey Senhouse, who expanded the town greatly in the 18th century, and renamed it after

The Domesday Book records that the manor of Fordingbridge possessed a church and two mills, and was rented at 14s 2d.

Sir Samuel Bignold, the man who made the Norwich Union a great insurance company, was lord of the manor here, but he did not live in the house.

Poynings is pronounced Punnings locally; the name comes from a family who held the manor here during the Middle Ages. Note the signs for Lyons Cakes outside Stephens' Stores.

Some of the earthworks of the medieval fishponds opposite the Manor House can be seen in the foreground.

Witts was a 'Squarson' of the old sort, being both the Lord of the Manor and the rector of this lovely village in its exquisite pastoral setting.

Canford Manor, not far from Wimborne, dates from the early years of the 19th century, though it stands on the site of an ancient house which once belonged to the Earls of Salisbury.

From the 13th century, the village was part of the huge 3000-acre manor estate of the de Bellerbys. Rievaulx Abbey also farmed some 43 acres of land near the village.

This is a scene of contrasts, featuring Manor Cottage, an 18th-century thatched stone-built house, and the dull 1960s house to the left. The bus shelter remains, but re-roofed in sheet metal.

The next two views were taken around the swimming pool north of Overstone Manor. They are typical scenes from the more hardy 1950s, when the country was dotted with open air pools and lidos.

The villagers of Coltishall were favoured by Henry III: The local lords of the manor could not order the locals to do anything, or dispose of them, settle their quarrels or disputes or force them into

By 1920 Scarborough could boast no less than ten top hotels, including the 100-bedroom Pavilion and the 160-bedroom Manor Private. The telephone number for the Grand was Scarborough 11.

It is suggested that the remains of Herstmonceux Castle form part of the oldest brick mansion in Britain; it was built in 1441, following a grant from the King to Roger de Fiennes to 'embattle' his manor-house

Amberley Castle, which lies on higher ground above the River Arun's flood plain, is in fact a fortified manor house constructed between the 13th and 16th centuries by the Bishops of Chichester as part

Along with the gatehouse next door, they announce the entrance to Eastwell Manor. By 1960 more than 30 years had passed since the house had been given a Jacobean-style facelift.

Now 'The Inn at Whitewell', the place has a reputation for serving good food and was built towards the end of the 14th century as a manor house by Walter Urswyck, a Keeper in the Royal Forest.

Having held the manor since 1606, the Cliftons were instrumental in its development as a select residential and resort town during the 19th century.