Search Results

There has been a corn mill on this site from Anglo-Saxon times, as part of a manor that belonged to Glastonbury Abbey.

Findon Place is a manor house built in the 13th century and extended around the year 1740, with extensive stables added in 1800.

Next to the small 15th-century parish church, out of view to the right, is Dodington Hall, a long Elizabethan manor house of 1581.

The road leads to the village of Hursley, and all this area was once part of the Hursley Manor Estate.

Beyond is a 17th-century manor house, now known as the Rookery.

Miss Matilda Talbot donated Lacock Abbey, together with most of the village, Manor Farm and Bewley Common, to the National Trust between 1944 and 1946.

A medieval manor overlooked the deep valley; its porter's lodge and archway remain.

To increase the trade of the local estate, Charlotte Bethell, the wife of the lord of the manor, financed this three-mile long canal, which opened in 1802. 90-ton keelboats brought coal to Leven and returned

Ferriby House dates from 1775, and both Ferriby Hall and the manor house still stand.

The Manor House, far right, dates from 1743; the original owner was Elenor Ellis.

You can see the Roman remains of Olicana in both the Manor House Museum next to the parish church, and in the Skipton Museum.

It was known as the Crown until about 1810, when it was renamed in honour of the Goddard family, the lords of the manor of High Swindon.

The castle started out as a manor house for the bishops of Chichester, but in 1377 Bishop Rede was given a licence to crenellate (that is, make a castle) to protect the Arun gap from possible French attack

Just behind it, backing onto the edge of the churchyard, was the Tollhouse, an administrative office where the market tolls were collected, and where the manor-court sat.

Battenhall lies off London Road and was first recorded in Norman times, when the Poer family held the manor for the annual rent of one lamprey.

It is said that the building, an almost perfect example of mid 14th-century work, was financed by Judge Sir Henry Greene, lord of the manor.

The village church of St Simon and St Jude's has a semi-detached Norman tower and a sepulchral cross slab bearing the arms of the Bardolf family, who were Lords of the Manor of Birling.

Little Bookham's tiny 12th- century church and manor house lie south of the Guildford Road.

Elizabeth I was entertained here when the manor belonged to the Cheneys.

Built by Archbishop Warham in the early 16th century, this small manor house, consisting of a three-storey brick tower, a gallery (later turned into cottages), and the single-storey storehouse beyond

The castle started out as a manor house for the bishops of Chichester, but in 1377 Bishop Rede was given a licence to crenellate (that is, make a castle) to protect the Arun gap from possible French

There was a guildhall and a manor house, a weekly market and twice- yearly fairs.

Apparently, the move has been successful, as Hendy Ltd has recently put forward plans for considerable development, possibly moving to the site to be vacated by Manor Bakeries (see page 39).

rebuild.The right-hand side of the building at the end of the path was at one time the old Court House.You can tell it by the larger first-floor windows: they let in more light for the Lord of the Manor