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On her death, Isabella, queen of Edward II, succeeded to the Manor. In 1337 Edward III gave the castle to his son Edward, the Black Prince, as part of the newly created Duchy of Cornwall.

Sir Roger Fiennes' ancestor, Sir John, had married the heiress Maud de Monceux in 1320, the last of the family that had held the manor since the 12th century and had given the village the second

In 1580 Elizabeth had leased Carey the Manor of Berkhamsted, which included the ruined castle and the deer park, at the nominal rent of one red rose.

In the Civil War, Sir Gilbert, the Lord of the Manor, was for the King, yet his son and heir Richard fought for the Roundheads. The house was never fortified, so it escaped destruction by Cromwell.

After the Norman Conquest, the manor was held by Peter de Valoignes, and it was from him that the church took its dedication.

In fact, the castle is a fortified manor house, carefully set out within a rectangular moat, and the beauty of the remains, which are in the guardianship of English Heritage, resides not so much

The Beaumont Arms, named after the lord of the manor, was originally a gaol and courthouse in the 14th century. The original cells with stone beds are still in the basement.

On the right is Manor Farm, now a residence and bed and breakfast.

The castle was built by the new Norman lord of the manor of Halton, Nigel Fitzwilliam, in around 1071.

The village was built around the Manor House, later surrendered to Henry VIII after the dissolution. It was sold in 1591and later bought by the Liverpool sugar trader, Richard Watt, in 1783.

Clovelly's remarkable state of preservation is due to the philanthropic nature of the Hamlyn family, who acquired the manor in 1740.

The Toby Jug, Fudge Kitchen and Mulberry Manor front the next pavement, in a row of shops uphill to the Three Cups Hotel.

The royal connections with this park probably go back further that with other parks, beginning with Edward I (1272-1307), when the area was part of the Manor of Shene; the name was changed to Richmond

It was Alexander, Bishop of Lincoln and lord of the manor, who replaced the original Norman timber fortress with one of stone, employing Ranulph of Durham to build the gatehouse; Newark thus became one

This splendid setting shows off St Mary's alongside Chieveley Manor House, which is of red brick with a hipped roof.

The pretty village of Thorp Arch with its green, Manor House and old mill leads down to the banks of the Wharfe, with the bridge (1772) carrying the road to Boston Spa.

Headstone Manor itself is sited within a square moat to the east of the barn, and dates from the mid 14th century. It is without doubt one of the most important timber-framed halls in Greater London.

The first three occasions were at Elsynge Palace, and the fourth, in 1587, was at the manor house.

On the left in the 1955 view is the Manor House, occupied by Wadsworth, the beer and soft drink bottlers, whilst on the right is the building which used to be the Temperance Hotel.

This was Chillington Manor House, a former home of the Wyatts. It is a splendid red brick 16th-century house with magnificent Tudor chimneys and an early Tudor long gallery.

In 1237 the manors of Carleton, Langwathy, Scotby, Sowerby and Penrith were granted to Alexander II.

Long before the Admiralty requisitioned Cams Hall during the Second World War, long before the Delmé family as lords of the manor hunted deer in the woodlands of the estate in the 19th century, long

On the north side of the village is Manor Farm, with its astonishingly complete array of farm buildings.

Next to the church there is the manor house. It was established in the 13th century as a residence of the Abbots of Glastonbury and added to by them for the next couple of hundred years.