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On the left in the 1955 view is the Manor House, occupied by Wadsworth, the beer and soft drink bottlers, whilst on the right is the building which used to be the Temperance Hotel.

The first three occasions were at Elsynge Palace, and the fourth, in 1587, was at the manor house.

The pretty village of Thorp Arch with its green, Manor House and old mill leads down to the banks of the Wharfe, with the bridge (1772) carrying the road to Boston Spa.

On the north side of the village is Manor Farm, with its astonishingly complete array of farm buildings.

Long before the Admiralty requisitioned Cams Hall during the Second World War, long before the Delmé family as lords of the manor hunted deer in the woodlands of the estate in the 19th century, long

In 1237 the manors of Carleton, Langwathy, Scotby, Sowerby and Penrith were granted to Alexander II.

In 1221 the Lord of the Manor, Henry de Rokeby, reached a financial arrangement with the Abbot of Leicester that effectively converted the chapel in Rugby into a parish church.

Next to the church there is the manor house. It was established in the 13th century as a residence of the Abbots of Glastonbury and added to by them for the next couple of hundred years.

A large manor house was built within the remains of the old castle in 1541, incorporating some of the original curtain wall, the gatehouse and the great tower.

Close by is Loughborough's Manor House, now a hotel and restaurant.

Whilst a driffold was set up near to the manor to impound stray animals, the area around the parish church was developing apace.

In essence many of the townspeople wanted to run the town for the town, and not at the behest of the lord of the manor, but the election of members to parliament was the tip of the iceberg.

The original lords of the manor were the Fittons, then the Venables inherited the land and, in the 15th century, the two Venables heiresses each took their half of the estates to their husband's

If we scratch beneath the surface, we will find tales of old manor houses, smuggling, the deadly marsh fever, ghosts, education, transport, and a new form of religion, retail therapy!

Some examples of their handiwork can be seen today at Westbury Manor Museum. Some people believe that the ghosts of these prisoners still roam the area.

At the same time there was a toll for use of the road and the beach, which belonged to the Luttrell family as Lords of the Manor.

On 19 July 1574 Elizabeth I gave the moor, which was part of the Manor of Hemel Hempstead, to Robert, Earl of Leicester.