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He was presented with the manors of Fenstanton and Hilton by the Earl of Northampton in payment for work at Castle Ashby.

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.

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.

The castle was originally a manor house belonging to the Bishops of Chichester; a licence to crenellate was granted in 1377.

The Street at Lancing was originally part of the main route through North Lancing, but it became an access road after the creation of the manor ground and a by-pass route in the early 19th century.

Hulme Hall began life as a women's dining hall, and now plays host to a variety of social functions, minor exhibitions and fairs.

The cottage on the right houses the Manor Road Stores.

In 1541 a large manor house was constructed within the remnants of the old castle. It even incorporated a part of the curtain wall, gatehouse and great tower.

The road descends to Carter's Brook with Manor Farm on the left. It is interesting that in 1908 the telephone had already reached this remote spot.

Within a few years Kingsbridge and the adjoining manor of Dodbrooke achieved borough status.

Sturrick House, on the left, is an example, with its 18th-century rendered front concealing a 16th-century building, as does the stucco of the gabled house on the far right, Manor Farm House

Bishopsteignton was once a rich manor belonging to the Bishops of Exeter; in the 19th century it was producing thousands of tons of ball clay (so called because when dug it tends to ball up like ice cream

The original village was in front of the manor house: such was the power and influence of the local landowner in those days, that the settlement was demolished and rebuilt outside the park boundary.

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 village was established around the manor and three large estates; much of the land was owned by the Lennox family.

Its name is said to derive from a Saxon, Gromen (which translates simply as 'the man' or 'groom'), who built a moated castle where the 17th-century private house Groombridge Place now stands.

By 1920 Scarborough could boast no less than ten top hotels, including the 100-bedroom Pavilion and the 160-bedroom Manor Private. The telephone number for the Grand was Scarborough 11.

The freehold of the Butts was presented to the town by the Lord of the Manor is 1981.

Behind the Georgian Manor House are the stables used by three generations of the famed horse trainers, the Peacock family.

There is little detailed evidence on the number of people living at Twickenham during the Middle Ages but the manor of Isleworth, including Twickenham, seems to have expanded slowly during this

Although belonging to the King, and known as the King's Manor, it was never used as a royal residence.

Alford is a most attractive small market town on the eastern edge of The Wolds, noted for its thatched Manor House in West Street, a 16th-century hall house with crosswings, all encased in brick in 1661