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Bishopsteignton was once a rich manor belonging to the Bishops of Exeter; in the 19th century it was producing thousands of tons of ball clay (so called because when dug it tends to ball up like ice cream

Hulme Hall began life as a women's dining hall, and now plays host to a variety of social functions, minor exhibitions and fairs.

It was in February 1909 that proposals were made under the Greater Birmingham Plan to annex Aston Manor, Erdington, Handworth, King’s Norton, Northfield and Yardley.

Sturrick House, on the left, is an example, with its 18th-century rendered front concealing a 16th-century building, as does the stucco of the gabled house on the far right, Manor Farm House

The original village was in front of the manor house: such was the power and influence of the local landowner in those days, that the settlement was demolished and rebuilt outside the park boundary.

The road descends to Carter's Brook with Manor Farm on the left.

Within a few years Kingsbridge and the adjoining manor of Dodbrooke achieved borough status.

There is little detailed evidence on the number of people living at Twickenham during the Middle Ages but the manor of Isleworth, including Twickenham, seems to have expanded slowly during this

Horeham Manor is noted for making Merrydown vintage cider.

The commons were largely enclosed in 1855, but the pond area was retained by the lord of the manor, Lord Sackville.

Is it taken from the notion that the lord of the manor once bred cranes or herons for his table?

The most attractive manor house on the left dates from the 18th century, but it is thought to have medieval origins.

The cricket ground is to the left in the distance, the Manor House in the centre and Christchurch spire to its right.

Barnsley was founded by the monks of St John's Priory, Pontefract, after they had been granted the manor and rights to hold weekly markets and annual fairs.

Two miles south of Congleton stands Little Moreton Hall, a magnificent moated manor house, originally built in the mid-15th century by Sir Richard de Moreton and added to by successive generations of his

Alford is a most attractive small market town on the eastern edge of The Wolds, noted for its thatched Manor House in West Street, a 16th-century hall house with crosswings, all encased in brick in 1661

He was born in Woolsthorpe Manor, an early 17th-century house, in 1643; Woolsthorpe is a hamlet immediately north-west of the village.

The rebuilt Manor House is nearby.

To the right, the private steps (now lost) from the Manor Hotel led to their own promenade.

Compton Castle, near Marlton in Devonshire, is a 14th-century manor house built without a moat, though the gatehouse came complete with machicolations.

Situated in the 270-acre grounds of Cobtree Manor, an Elizabethan house alleged to be the original of Mr Wardell's Dingley Dell in 'Pickwick Papers', this formerly popular family attraction was noted for

By 1920 Scarborough could boast no less than ten top hotels, including the 100-bedroom Pavilion and the 160-bedroom Manor Private.

Its name is said to derive from a Saxon, Gromen (which translates simply as 'the man' or 'groom'), who built a moated castle where the 17th-century private house Groombridge Place now stands.

The freehold of the Butts was presented to the town by the Lord of the Manor is 1981.