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During the period of 'Fence Month' - fifteen days either side of midsummer - the lord of the manor was instructed by to keep a watch on the bridge and challenge anyone entering or leaving the New Forest

This view looks in the opposite direction, east past the Manor House on the left with cottages and the former Ebenezer United Methodist Chapel of 1869 beside the raised and railinged pavement.

The house dates from 1591, and stands on the site of a pre-Norman manor held by Dodo, a royal forester under Edward the Confessor and from whom the village takes its name.

To the left is the grey lias wall of Admiral Blake's home, Puriton Manor. The original house does not survive, but the great arched gateway does.

In the late 17th century the local freeholders and copyholders were happy to accept enclosure of their open-field system, and came to a private arrangement with Robert Williams of Balderton manor.

In 1140 the Norman Lord of the Manor, Geoffrey of Limesey, built a church (probably on the site of a Saxon one) dedicated to St Leonard, patron saint of prisoners and, appropriately enough, of iron

Ecclesden Manor is a long, low Tudor-style house built in 1634. We are at the hub of the village, with the war memorial in the foreground.

Ferdinand de Rothschild who built Waddesdon Manor also reworked the village, this time choosing a picturesque Olde English style with lots of half-timbering and ornate chimney stacks.

The manor house dates back to the 13th century, and formed part of a large estate. Its most famous resident was the poet Alfred Austin, who was Poet Laureate from 1896 to 1913.

The Manor House (centre left) with its 19th-century brick façade is central to the market place. The houses to the left have been replaced, and those beyond restored.

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.

The old manor house of Frampton Court was demolished in 1939. In 1840 its then owner dismantled a large portion of the village to improve his view.

Mosley Street was named in honour of Sir Nicholas Mosley, a former Lord of the Manor of Manchester. The other fine buildings along the street include the Portico Library and St Peter's Church.

At its southern end sits the Manor House. There are two inscriptions on this building: one is just below the crest on the left gable, and the second is underneath the window just below it.

In the distance is the Manor House Hotel, the grandest in the town: in 1949 full board here cost no less than 42 shillings a day. It had its own private staircase down to the beach.

Thaxted`s craftsmen had slowly wrested the town from manorial control; their Guildhall, symbolically, stood on the site of the manor gates.

Where Heath Park Road (on the right) meets Brentwood Road and Slewins Lane (in the centre), meets Manor Avenue and Balgores Lane (on the left), is the Drill public house.

The partly Tudor Manor House is at the crossroads in the centre of the village, but at the east end is an equally fine house, Missenden House.

Sir Thomas Boteler, lord of the manor of Warrington, left provision in his will of 1526 to establish a school 'whereby men's sons might learn grammar to the intent that they might learn to know Almighty

The present Pendley Manor replaced a complex medieval and later house which burnt down in 1835.

Situated in the shadow of the grand church of St Helen's, the castle, now in the care of English Heritage, originated as a Norman manor house; it ultimately become the property of the Breton La Zouch family

Parts of the original castle were incorporated into the 17th-century manor house. The castle appears to have been rebuilt in the 18th century and repaired during the 19th century.

The rebuilt Manor House is nearby. The locality is excellent for rambling over the Downs. In the picture three children are dressed up in their best clothes and keep still for the photographer.

In the manor of Little Askrigg we find this road junction - if we go right, we reach Carperby (4 miles) and Leyburn (12 miles). Behind Woodburn House, left, was the village brewery.