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What is a manor?

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A manor was a large farming estate. It included a manor house, fields, farming buildings, cottages for the peasants who lived on it, and other areas. The peasant cottages were usually organized into one or more communities, which might include a town and hamlets. If there was a town, then there was a church. There might have been various shops, including a blacksmith's shop. Also, there was likely to be a mill for milling flour. The manor was controlled by a lord of one type or another. Its day to day operation was done by various officers, including a reeve. There was likely to be a manorial court, to deal with any local legal or criminal matters, though anything really important would have been referred to a higher court.

A manor would not have included a town.

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