Items matching manors taken from The Story of Some English Shires (1897)

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manors: stately homes; the home of the local lord in Feudal times, hence the lord of the manor; often manorhouses have become large farmhouses today.

Synonyms: manor-house, stately home

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Pictures from The Story of Some English Shires by Mandell Creighton, D.D., Lord Bishop of London (1843 – 1901). My copy says there were one hundred and fifty copies made.

There is also an entry in the Nuttall Encyclopædia for Mandell Creighton.

Wordsworth’s House, Rydal Mount

The Story of Some English Shires (1897)

“It is needless to speak of the glory shed over the Lake Country by the pen of Wordsworth, who gave an abiding expression to the influence which the varying moods of nature could exercise over the min [...]

Keywords: manors, houses, windows

Places shown: Ambleside; Westmoreland; England

Added: 2006-05-24

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Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested

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