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The lovely stone building on the extreme left is Manor Farm, which F C Beazley described in his book on Thurstaston as 'a little gem'; unfortunately, it has been demolished, and a rather incongruous-looking

In 1140 the Norman Lord of the Manor, Geoffrey of Limesey, built a church (probably on the site of a Saxon one) dedicated to St Leonard, patron saint of prisoners and, appropriately enough, of iron workers

This lane leads from the main through road to the church and Manor House.

St John's Church c1965 When the Domesday commissioners were doing their rounds in 1086, the most important royal manor in the area was at Unstone, which had its own church and a priest.

A pre-war motorcar of much character is parked outside 63 Manor Way on the corner of Chipstead Way, whilst a modern delivery van runs downhill towards Rectory Lane.

In the manor of Little Askrigg we find this road junction - if we go right, we reach Carperby (4 miles) and Leyburn (12 miles).

This castle was originally a fortified manor house built by Sir John de Broughton in 1306; battlements and a gatehouse were added by William de Wykeham in 1405.

The town is ancient, having been granted borough status in 1290 by the Lord of the Manor Hamon de Massey.

In the centre stands Hylton House, home of the last Lords of the Manor, later to become Seager House School, a girls' school evacuated from Hayling Island at the start of World War II, and then Moreton

The Manor House can be seen to the right.

The architect who had planned Sir Walter Scott's home in the Scottish borders rebuilt Canford's manor in the 1820s.

In early days the royal manor of Lyndhurst was often granted to the queens of England.

The small medieval church with its double bellcote form a centrepiece to a few houses of interest, including the Rectory of 1827 and the old Manor House of 1700.

The well-known local Dowsett family gave this beautiful moated manor house to the town.

William Longsword, Earl of Salisbury, held the lordship of the manor through the reigns of Richard I, John and Henry III.

This was the earliest English settlement of the Knights Templar, who were given the manor in 1135.

King Henry VII spent some of his childhood at Raglan, where the two Williams had transformed a fortified rural manor into a castle fit for a future king.

Old Swinford is a suburb of Stourbridge today, which represents a reversal of fortune: the Domesday Book (1086) recorded Stourbridge as part of the manor of 'Suineford'.

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

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

Torquay's inner harbour was built by Sir Lawrence Palk, son of Sir Robert Palk, who bought the manor of Torwood in 1768.

Standing on what was once a Roman site, the first manor house was erected in 1176 by William de Erleigh, whose family remained in possession for some 350 years.

Just down in the dale from Askrigg, on the banks of the River Ure, stands the ancient village of Bainbridge, once the capital of Upper Wensleydale, which was known in the 12th century as the Forest and Manor

The Punch Bowl Inn was formerly known as the Covered Cup, a reference to the three chalices contained within the emblem of the Butler family, who held the manor.