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Manor (2016 population: 295) is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the RM of Moose Mountain No. 63 and Census Division No. 1. The Manor Museum (1904) is designated a Municipal Heritage Property under the provincial Heritage Property Act .
In 1932, William H. Elkins, grandson of William L. Elkins, sold the Elstowe manor property to the Dominican Sisters of St. Catherine de' Ricci. Chelten House was owned by Philadelphia cigarette manufacturer Stephen X. Stephano. After the death of his wife, Penelope, he sold Chelten House to the Dominican Sisters in 1948.
The manor on which the castle was situated was termed the caput of the barony, thus every true ancient defensive castle was also the manor house of its own manor. The suffix "-Castle" was also used to name certain manor houses, generally built as mock castles, but often as houses rebuilt on the site of a former true castle:
Copyhold was a form of customary land ownership common from the Late Middle Ages into modern times in England.The name for this type of land tenure is derived from the act of giving a copy of the relevant title deed that is recorded in the manorial court roll to the tenant, rather than the actual land deed itself.
Manor Property Group is a company incorporated in 1938 (No. 00341621) as a property developer based in the East Riding of Yorkshire that own a number of prominent sites in Kingston upon Hull and across the U.K. It is not to be confused with Manor Property Limited (09590680) which is a separate, independent business in real estate.
The Scarborough Historic District is a national historic district located in the suburban community of Scarborough-on-Hudson, in Briarcliff Manor, New York.The 376-acre (152 ha) district was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984, and contains seven historically and architecturally significant properties dating from the late 18th century to the early 20th century.
The manor house dates to 1900, and is a 2 + 1 ⁄ 2-story, Colonial Revival-style dwelling modified between 1936 and 1941. Farmstead #1 includes the earliest buildings, dated to about 1841. Farmstead #2 includes a Shingle Style dwelling designed by architect John A. Dempwolf and built about 1893.
Manor is a former unincorporated community now incorporated in Fairfax in Marin County, California. [1] It lies at an elevation of 157 feet (48 m). [ 1 ] The community is in ZIP code 94930 and area codes 415 and 628 .