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  2. Manor - Wikipedia

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    Lord of the manor, the owner of an agreed area of land (or "manor") under manorialism; Manor house, the main residence of the lord of the manor; Estate (land), the land (and buildings) that belong to large house, synonymous with the modern understanding of a manor. Manor (in Colonial America), a form of tenure restricted to certain Proprietary ...

  3. Shōen - Wikipedia

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    The earliest antecedent of the shōen are tatokoro or naritokoro (田庄); which is thought to be one of the etymologies of the term shōen.Before the ritsuryō system or Taika Reform (645), land was divided up between powerful families historically called gōzoku (豪族) or influential Buddhist temples, and they placed facilities called yake (宅) in those lands in order to preside over ...

  4. List of manor houses - Wikipedia

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    A manor house was historically the main residence of the lord of the manor in Europe. The house formed the administrative centre of a manor in the European feudal system; within its great hall were held the lord's manorial courts, communal meals with manorial tenants and great banquets.

  5. McKamey Manor: The History and Controversy Behind ... - AOL

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    The haunted attraction, founded by Russ McKamey in San Diego, CA, has been operation for years, and still has a cult-following of loyal fans.McKamey refers to the experience as a tour, which is ...

  6. Demesne - Wikipedia

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    The manor house, residence of the lord and location of the manorial court, can be seen in the mid-southern part of the manor. A demesne (/ d ɪ ˈ m eɪ n,-ˈ m iː n / di-MAYN, -⁠ MEEN) or domain [1] was all the land retained and managed by a lord of the manor under the feudal system for his own use, occupation, [2] or support.

  7. Lord of the manor - Wikipedia

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    The holder of a lordship of the manor can be referred to as Lord or Lady of the manor of [Placename], or Lord or Lady of [Placename], for example Lord or Lady of Little Bromwich; this shortening is permitted as long as "of" is not omitted and the name of the holder is included before as not to imply a peerage. [17]

  8. Open-field system - Wikipedia

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    A four-ox-team plough, circa 1330. The ploughman is using a mouldboard plough to cut through the heavy soils. A team could plough about one acre (0.4 ha) per day. The typical planting scheme in a three-field system was that barley, oats, or legumes would be planted in one field in spring, wheat or rye in the second field in the fall and the third field would be left fallow.

  9. Manor house - Wikipedia

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    Schloss Machern (Machern Castle) near Leipzig is an example of a typical manor house, it evolved from a medieval castle which was originally protected by a water moat and later was converted into a baroque-style castle with typical architectural features of the period and one of the first English-style parks in Germany.