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The manor of Barden lay to the south-west of Tonbridge. Barden Park House and its estate was in the possession of the Abrey family during the latter part of the 19th century.

At its east end, down by the River Wey, is a superb brick manor house of the 1680s, which has been much altered subsequently and is now divided into apartments.

Cars fill a single line of parking on the waste of the manor. The pavement is up and men are busy in front of Burden's shop.

But their attempt to burgle Tangley Manor between Stow and Burford went less well. The household had been tipped off, and laid a trap.

Summertime flash floods are a fact of life at Upwey, where the River Wey flows southwards beside Church Street to Westbrook Farm and the Manor House.

Originally sited on a ford over Firgreen Beck, Clifford was at one time the manor that included all of nearby Boston Spa.

Not far away is Charleston Manor, the remains of a late 12th-century hall house. There is also a tithe barn and a dovecote still housing pigeons.

The attached manor house was erected in 1614.

Looking west past the Memorial Gardens, the white building on the far hill, just to the left of the church tower, is Shardeloes, the Georgian mansion of the lords of the manor.

George Gilbert Scott certainly transformed the village, 'restoring' the church, rebuilding the manor house and building the school.

The cottage on the east side of Manor Road (left) is the one to which Sergeant William Lawrence retired.

Here we see Warboys church, with the 17th-century Dutch-influenced manor house next door.

He succeeded Alderman Thomas Miller as lord of the manor in 1865, and lived at Singleton Park. He had a great interest in land drainage, and he owned valuable antiques.

Behind is the Manor House, mostly rebuilt by George Devey in the 1870s, and now a school.

It is distinctive in that its porch, with its upper room and flanking round tower, would look more at home on a fortified manor house.

A medieval manor overlooked the deep valley; its porter's lodge and archway remain. All around here there were clay mines used for the steel furnaces.

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 road leads to the village of Hursley, and all this area was once part of the Hursley Manor Estate. The service station on the left is now a car showroom.

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.

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

Originally sited on a ford over Firgreen Beck, Clifford was at one time the manor that included all of nearby Boston Spa.

This was originally a manor house.