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The palace was built by the 33rd Archbishop of York, Walter de Gray, in about 1250, using stone from a previous manor house that he had had demolished.

This grand manor house, now a hotel, was built during the Elizabethan period, but was considerably extended by its Victorian occupants.

Broughton is probably best known for its moated manor house, Broughton Castle, built in 1300 for Sir John de Broughton.

Dinas Powis Tennis Club was founded in 1901, thanks to the generosity of General Lee as Lord of the Manor.

Dating from the end of the 13th century, technically it is not a castle at all, but a moated manor house, and it would have been very open to attack.

The Guests, who made their fortune in the South Wales iron industry during the industrial revolution, sold Canford Manor in 1923, when it became a public school.

Before becoming engulfed in the sprawl of Sittingbourne, Milton was a royal manor in its own right.

Osmington was an ancient manor founded at the time of King Athelstan, though the church we see today is mostly Norman.

Evesham Abbey held the Manor of Ombersley for several centuries until the Dissolution, its abbots often residing there.

During the Civil War, the old manor house was the headquarters of the Parliamentarian army.

Right of the Westminster Bank stands Manor Court, which was built as a merchant's house in 1550; in the upper rooms, some ceilings still retain their fine plasterwork decoration.

The houses behind them are often mistaken for the Manor House because they look so impressive.

Bondgate gets its name from the area of the town where the bishop of Durham's bond tenants once lived; it was once a separate manor from Darlington.

The old manor house of Frampton Court was demolished in 1939.

Formerly the manor house of about 1620, this fine red brick building is now itself deteriorating.

It is allegedly derived either from the name of the Lord of the Manor in the 12th century, 'de Sclotre', or from the quantities of sloe-trees which were a feature of the surrounding landscape

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

But the old manor house is a reminder that this is a very old site, dating back to the 16th century.

Manor Road joins the High Street by the pyramid roofed mid-19th century house, The Forge, in the distance.

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.

Originally clustered around the church to the south, the hamlet was destroyed by a fire in the 17th century and the Manor Inn, built in 1871, is the focus of the 'new' village.

The project was probably part-financed by the Earls of Clare, who owned the manor.

The building is ascribed to c1500, though successive lords of the manor added new wings, marked with their initials and armorial bearings.

The manor house, Heron Hall, was the home of the Tyrell family, many of whom are commemorated in East Horndon church.