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Caption For Lytham, Lytham Hall 1894

It stands on the site of the original priory and of the 17th-century manor house that succeeded it.

Caption For Canford Magna, The Manor C1886

Canford Manor, not far from Wimborne, dates from the early years of the 19th century, though it stands on the site of an ancient house which once belonged to the Earls of Salisbury.

Caption For Enfield, Hilly Fields C1955

The manor house (known by locals as 'The Palace') was an E-shaped building facing north.

Caption For Acock's Green, Yardley Road C1965

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.

Caption For Bodiam, Oast House C1960

suggested that the remains of Herstmonceux Castle form part of the oldest brick mansion in Britain; it was built in 1441, following a grant from the king to Roger de Fiennes to ‘embattle’ his manor-house

Caption For Amberley, Castle Courtyard 1896

The castle started out as a manor house for the bishops of Chichester, but in 1377 Bishop Rede was given a licence to crenellate (that is, make a castle) to protect the Arun gap from possible French

Caption For Loughborough, Church Gate C1955

There was a guildhall and a manor house, a weekly market and twice- yearly fairs.

Caption For Luton, St Mary's Church 1897

When he died the country was still 90% Saxon; the Normans' policy, like the Romans', was 'divide and rule', with the majority of England's two million people subject to the Norman fist.

Caption For Fareham, The Quay C1950

Some examples of their handiwork can be seen today at Westbury Manor Museum.