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The mechanisation of weaving in the early 19th century robbed the village of both its industry and population, and the hall, the inspiration for Ferndean Manor in Charlotte Brontë's novel Jane Eyre, was

Within the medieval walls of the castle (or fortified manor house cum bishop's palace) are the living apartments of the bishop: these are complex and varied ranges, with medieval parts jostling with later

Christchurch Castle, of which only the ruins remain, was probably built by Richard de Redvers, a cousin of Henry I, who was given the royal manor as a reward for aiding Henry in his fight for the crown

On the left are the remains of the Archbishop's Palace, or manor house, where Archbishop Warham entertained Henry VII in 1507, and where Henry VIII stayed in 1520 when he was on his way to the Field of

The course, one of many within Greater London, occupies a stretch of land extending south from Frith Manor to the Dollis Brook.

It also separated the church and Manor House from the village; all were to the right of the canal bridge on which the photographer stood. The factory burned down in 1963.

Much of the land here was once the grounds of the manor house - the park and the gardens.

Alderman Cunliffe OBE JP purchased the Manor House estate and gave it to the Corporation, but the Great War interrupted plans for development.

The older part of the village is full of houses and cottages built by the Victorian lord of the manor, William Mackworth-Dolben. None are more fanciful than The Bell Inn on Bell Hill.

The Manor of Bedgebury, near Goudhurst, had a foundry in the 16th century; it cast the guns for the fleet that fought the Spanish Armada in 1588.

The attached manor house was erected in 1614.

The architect who designed it, G E Bond, also built the Grade II listed Chatham Theatre Royal in Manor Road in 1899.

The inn dates from the mid 17th century; it was originally a manor house for the agent to the Manners family at nearby Haddon Hall as we can see from their peacock crest over the porch.

Collingham village has a fascinating mixture of houses - down past the parish church of St Oswald are the Old Rectory, the Manor House, the Dower House and some well preserved artisans' cottages.

Three miles inland from Hornsea, Seaton was an estate village surrounding the old manor house. It has two village greens and a pond.

Hipswell Hall is a 15th-century fortified manor house built for the Fulthorpe family, whose coat of arms is carved on the bay window to the right.

This now allows access to the car park behind the manor house, some doors along. The post office is four doors down on the left. It still has a date stone of 1901 beneath the roof.

The taller building straight ahead was Manor House Dairy, supplying butter, cheese and eggs. To the left is the hall of the first WI to be established in East Suffolk - it started in September 1918.

At the eastern edge, Overstone Manor, an elegant classical style 1930s building, is now a pub, restaurant and hotel.

In 1042 Edward the Confessor granted the manor of Littleham to his thane Ordgar.

In 1854, Fairthorne Manor was built.

Barnsley was founded by the monks of St John's Priory, Pontefract, after they had been granted the manor and rights to hold weekly markets and annual fairs.

Many years before Wargrave grew in popularity as a riverside village, Edith, wife of Edward the Confessor, held the manor, and at that time it was known as 'Weregrave'.

In the cliff that housed the mine there was a cave, Hob Holes: legend had it that a hob man, or goblin, lived there, who could cure whooping cough.