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The medieval manor house, Gawthorp Hall, was bought by the Harewood family, and John Carr was asked to design the new stable block.

North of the old windmill is the Manor House in mid 17th-century brick, which retains its original cross windows.

The medieval manor house, Gawthorp Hall, was bought by the family, and John Carr was asked to design the new stables block.

The bridge was built in the mid 1500s at a cost of £70, and was paid for by Richard Sherburne, lord of the manor.

Pilkingtom Manor, mostly hidden by the trees on the left, was demolished in 1959, and today only the Dower House (the white gabled building in the centre of the photograph) survives.

Although originally part of the parish of Westmill, Gatesbury is now firmly within the parish of Braughing; it is named after the Gatesbury family, who held the manor from the late 1100s up to the 1400s

The owner and lord of the manor in 1893 was the Rev Sir William Hyde. The house now belongs to the National Trust, although the Hyde-Parker family continue to live there.

The lords of the manor, who took their name from the village, came here in the time of Henry II; John, son of Ybri de Belaugh, had a large estate.

Edward, the Black Prince, once used the manor house. During the 19th century a number of Dutch farmers settled here, which might explain some of the architecture we see here along King Street.

The Great Barn, or Tithe Barn, is part of Barton Manor Farm, which comprises 8 or 9 buildings grouped around a large open courtyard.

In the 1920s the lord of the manor, Charles Hoskins Master, laid out the road to the railway station and built spectacularly convincing timber-framed shops with flats over.

The manor house extension was added in 1614. In 1807 Sir Charles Monck abandoned the old castle for a new residence, Belsay Hall.

A small village on minor roads near to the Surrey border. The church of St Mary Magdalene has two historic 14th-century brasses.

When he died the country was still 90% Saxon; the Normans' policy, like the Romans', was 'divide and rule', with the majority of England's two million people subject to the Norman fist.

Legend relates that the lord of the manor of Tetbury was sailing across the Irish Sea when his ship was holed and began to sink.

The picture was taken from Castle Hill, the site of an old manor house lookout, probably also used in Roman times during the construction of Wade's Causeway over the moors past Goathland.

Outside at its east end is Wing's monument to William Fortrey, and close by is the 17th-century Fortrey manor house.

By 1740 the original premises were very dilapidated; the Manor House at the south end of High Street was purchased for £1,000 to provide a new Master's House.

On the left where the cars are parked is Westbury Manor Museum, which has installed iron sculptures in the town centre around West Street.

Originally called the Sugar Loaf, in 1852 its name was changed to the Sowerby Arms out of respect to the lord of the manor. During the Great War, it changed again to the Lilley Arms.

The first was in the Market Place, near St Ann's Square, built in 1729 at the expense of Sir Oswald Mosley, Lord of the Manor. It was taken down in 1793, and a new Exchange was started in 1806.

The first was in the Market Place, near St Ann's Square, built in 1729 at the expense of Sir Oswald Mosley, Lord of the Manor. It was taken down in 1793, and a new Exchange was started in 1806.

Outside at its east end is Wing's monument to William Fortrey, and close by is the 17th-century Fortrey 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.