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This enclosed square contains the well-preserved original village built around the old Manor House.

No restrictions existed in 1775 when the manor was demolished; much of the stone was used to build Old Hall Farm.

The money was provided by the de Veres, Earls of Oxford and lords of the manor, the Spring family, wealthy clothiers, and many others connected with the woollen cloth trade.

After having been a steward's house, the manor house was restored in the 1830s for Lord Wriothesley Russell. The lodgings range became five cottages.

By the early 13th century it stood at the heart of the medieval village of Warrington, and adjoining the lord of the manor's castle.

School Lane is just beyond the pub and the lane opposite leads to the Manor House (now the Thring Centre).

Old Place is a 15th- century manor house that was the home of the Apsley family. New Place is a stone farmhouse by the railway.

Once a royal manor, until Henry II gave it to the Courtenays, the village of Sutton Courtenay has several notable buildings.

The pond dates back to at least the 16th century, and is associated with the Manors of Chislehurst, Scadbury and St Paul's Cray.

This well-known manor house was built by Sir William Fermor during the reign of Henry VII. Other families who lived here were the Calthorpes and Le Stranges.

Behind the lychgate at the end of Manor Road rises the flint and stone tower of Holy Trinity parish church.

Chenies, a mile downstream from Latimer, takes its name from the Cheyne family who held the manor from the 13th century until the 16th century when it passed, through the marriage in 1526

After being given to the town in 1913 by James Moly (and named for his home, Langmoor Manor, in the woods above Charmouth), Langmoor Gardens had a chequered career.

The Village 1923 Once back to the A39, continue east, and about a mile west of Minehead, turn left to descend into Bratton, a tucked- away village with an excellent 15th- century manor house,

Sir Henry held the manor of nearby Sydmonton until his death in 1625, and it was his widow who was responsible for the splendid marble and alabaster tomb.

The once thriving mill closed in 1947, and the Manor House, later used as a brewery, went in 1956. The First School and St Paul's Church were both built in 1838.

Irby Hall was built on the site of the ancient manor house of St Werburgh's Abbey, Chester. The building dated from the early 17th century and was completely half-timbered.

The manor of Offord Cluny was held by the monks of Cluny from 1086. The parish church of All Saints is built of brown cobbles with Barnack limestone, repaired in brick.

West of the church and across a stream is The Bury, the manor house until 1741. At one time council offices, it is now divided into houses and its grounds are a public open space.

The Manor House on the right developed through a number of centuries from a small timber-framed structure, which remains in part.

To the left are the arched and mullioned windows of the 1661 Almshouses; partly hidden is Ashlar House, which is mid 18th- century and set at the corner of Pound Lane, which leads to the moated Manor

They were hauled here by steam wagons from Waddesdon Manor.

This is a relic of the past, when the Lord of the Manor was entitled to keep a pigeon house, and the birds could feed off his tenants' crops.

Harlaxton Manor is now owned by the American University of Evansville.