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Blackdown is a great sandstone hill 918 feet high, and Blackdown House is a Tudor-style manor house of 1640.

In 1882, the wealthy lord of the manor and the father of the incumbent Rector of Ashtead, Sir Thomas Lucas, donated a small iron church for the expanding population in this part of the parish.

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.

This view from Grip Wood shows the rear of the Tithe Barn, which defines the southern edge of Barton Manor Farm.

Auckland Castle, also known as Auckland Palace, began as a manor house built in about 1183 by Bishop Pudsey, but it was later converted into a castle by Bishop Anthony Bek in the 14th century

This view looks southwards across Lyme Bay from the main path through Langmoor Gardens, which were given to the town by James Moly of Langmoor Manor, Charmouth.

King David I built the first manor house at Linlithgow, and the church of St Michael next to it.

The villagers bought the green from the lord of the manor in 1969. The Black Bull dates from the early 18th century; it was a pub until 1924, and is now a house.

This view from the church tower shows part of the C E School playground, with Manor House next to it. Note that some of the cottages in this row appear to be thatched only on the street side.

The villagers left the burnt-out village and moved on to the main road, around the Manor Inn, seen here in our photograph.

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

Manor Cottage is opposite (left).

Manor Place, to the right, still has its magnolia tree, and the West Somerset Stores behind the Market Hall is now an estate agents.

Brent Knoll village straggles along the western side of the Knoll, with St Michael's Church, a dedication often associated with hill-tops and hills, to the centre and the Manor House of the 1860s to

Blackdown is a great sandstone hill 918 feet high, and Blackdown House is a Tudor-style manor house of 1640.

A former royal manor, Bray is well known for the song 'The Vicar of Bray', celebrating the vicar who changed sides several times during the Civil War and after to keep his living.

There are several 18th-century houses along the edges of the green, which tapers south from Pitshanger Manor.

The wall on the extreme right of the photograph once marked the boundary of West Cheam Manor.

Auckland Castle, also known as Auckland Palace, began as a manor house built in about 1183 by Bishop Pudsey, but it was later converted into a castle by Bishop Anthony Bek in the 14th century

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.