THE MANOR AND THE VILLAGE 31 



were connected would, unless of Roman origin, be 

 of the roughest description mere broad grass tracks, 

 deeply furrowed by the wheels of carts and the feet 

 of cattle often impassable in winter save for horses 

 and foot passengers. 



The manor as it existed at this period, though 

 elaborate in form, was a straightforward organization, 

 well suited to the needs of the period and not unadapt- 

 able to the changes of time. The description which 

 follows will, it is hoped, make its general character 

 clear to the reader, who will be helped, in this analysis, 

 if he refers to the plan given as a frontispiece to this 

 book. 



The buildings of a manor of any size would be : 

 The Hall and Barns and other buildings of the 



Home Farm, the property of the lord of 

 buildings t * le manor 5 the Mill, also as a rule his 



property; the Church, the Priest's House, 

 and the small farm-houses and cottages with their 

 outbuildings that formed the Village. 



Outside the village would be the enclosed part of 

 the lord's farm, and in some cases one or two detached 

 farms, hired or owned by independent 

 The land. farmers, and a few small closes for young 

 stock. Then there would be all that re- 

 mained of the peasants' land of the Anglo-Saxon period, 

 by that time bound into the manorial estate and 

 controlled by the lord, but still occupied by the peasant 

 farmers and cotters men of Anglo-Saxon or Danish 

 origin and cultivated by them in accordance with 

 the ancient customs of their race. The characteristic 

 features of this part of the manorial estate would be 



