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___MASK1___ is the county town ___MASK89___ Bedfordshire , England . It had a population ___MASK89___ 107 , 590 in 2011 together with Kempston but the urban area has a population ___MASK89___ about 122 , 943 . Dorney Court is a grade I listed early Tudor manor house , dating from around 1440 , located in the village ___MASK89___ Dorney , Buckinghamshire . It is owned and lived in by the Palmer family . ___MASK78___ ( or ), abbreviated Bucks , is a county in ___MASK15___ which borders Greater London to the south east , Berkshire to the south , ___MASK14___ to the west , Northamptonshire to the north , Bedfordshire to the north east and ___MASK23___ to the east . In Anglo - Irish history , the lordship ___MASK89___ a manor is a lordship emanating from the feudal system ___MASK89___ manorialism . In modern England and Wales it is recognised as a form ___MASK89___ property , one ___MASK89___ three elements ___MASK89___ a manor that may exist separately or be combined and may be held in moieties : A great hall is the main room ___MASK89___ a royal palace , nobleman ' s castle or a large manor house or hall house in the Middle Ages , and continued to be built in the country houses ___MASK89___ the 16th and early 17th centuries , although by then the family used the great chamber for eating and relaxing . At that time the word " great " simply meant big , and had not acquired its modern connotations ___MASK89___ excellence . In the medieval period the room would simply have been referred to as the " hall ", unless the building also had a secondary hall , but the term " great hall " has been predominant for surviving rooms ___MASK89___ this type for several centuries , to distinguish them from the different type ___MASK89___ hall found in post - medieval houses . Great halls were found especially in France , England and Scotland , but similar rooms were also found in some other European countries . ___MASK23___ ( often abbreviated Herts ) is a county in southern England , bordered by Bedfordshire to the north , Cambridgeshire to the north - east , Essex to the east , Buckinghamshire to the west and Greater London to the south . For government statistical purposes , it is placed in the East ___MASK89___ England region . A manor house was historically the main residence ___MASK89___ the lord ___MASK89___ the manor . The house formed the administrative centre ___MASK89___ 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 . The term is today loosely applied to various country houses , frequently dating from the late medieval era , which formerly housed the gentry . ___MASK96___ ( or ; abbreviated Northants .), archaically known as the County ___MASK89___ Northampton , is a county in the East Midlands ___MASK89___ England . In 2011 , it had a population ___MASK89___ 629 , 000 . The county is administered by ___MASK96___ County Council and seven non - metropolitan district councils . ___MASK82___ ( or / bdfd /; abbreviated Beds .) is a county in the ___MASK6___ ___MASK89___ England . It is a ceremonial county and a historic county , covered by three unitary authorities : Bedford , ___MASK37___ , and Luton . ___MASK56___ ( or , abbreviated Berks ) is a county in ___MASK15___ , west ___MASK89___ London . It was recognised as the Royal County ___MASK89___ ___MASK56___ because ___MASK89___ the presence ___MASK89___ Windsor Castle by the Queen in 1957 and letters patent issued in 1974 . ___MASK56___ is a county ___MASK89___ historic origin and is a home county , a ceremonial county and a non - metropolitan county without a county council . ___MASK56___ County Council was the main county governance from 1889 to 1998 except for the separately administered County Borough ___MASK89___ Reading . Gentry ( from Old French " genterie ", from " gentil ", " high - born , noble ") are " well - born , genteel and well - bred people " ___MASK89___ high social class , especially in the past . " Gentry ", in its widest connotation , refers to people ___MASK89___ good social position connected to landed estates ( see manorialism ), upper levels ___MASK89___ the clergy , and " gentle " families ___MASK89___ long descent who never obtained the official right to bear a coat ___MASK89___ arms . ___MASK30___ is one of four local government districts in the non - metropolitan county of Buckinghamshire , in South East England . The ___MASK27___ Thames is a ___MASK27___ that flows through southern ___MASK13___ . At , it is the longest ___MASK27___ entirely in ___MASK13___ and the second longest in the ___MASK69___ , after the ___MASK27___ Severn . It also flows through Oxford ( where it is called Isis ), Reading , Henley - on - Thames and Windsor . The lower reaches ___MASK89___ the ___MASK27___ are called the Tideway , derived from its long tidal reach up to Teddington Lock . It rises at Thames Head in Gloucestershire , and flows into the North Sea via the Thames Estuary . The Thames drains the whole ___MASK89___ Greater London . ___MASK15___ is the most populous ___MASK89___ the nine official regions ___MASK89___ England at the first level ___MASK89___ NUTS for statistical purposes . It consists ___MASK89___ Berkshire , Buckinghamshire , East Sussex , Hampshire , the Isle ___MASK89___ Wight , ___MASK36___ , Oxfordshire , ___MASK34___ and West Sussex . As with the other regions ___MASK89___ England , apart from Greater London , the south east has no elected government . Dorney is a village and civil parish in the ___MASK30___ district of Buckinghamshire , England , bordering on the River Thames to the west and south and bisected by the Jubilee River . In 2011 it had a population of 752 and it is west of neighbouring Eton which is a slightly larger parish . The Jubilee ___MASK27___ is a hydraulic channel in southern ___MASK13___ . It is long and is on average wide . It was constructed in the late 1990s and early 2000s to take overflow from the ___MASK27___ Thames and so alleviate flooding to areas in and around the towns ___MASK89___ Maidenhead , Windsor , and Eton in the counties ___MASK89___ Berkshire and Buckinghamshire . It achieves this by taking water from the left ( at this point eastern ) bank ___MASK89___ the Thames upstream ___MASK89___ Boulter ' s Lock near Maidenhead and returning it via the north bank downstream ___MASK89___ Eton , Berkshire . Although successful in its stated aims , residents ___MASK89___ villages downstream claim it has increased flooding . ___MASK26___ is a town in ___MASK24___ Buckinghamshire , England , close to the borders ___MASK89___ Northamptonshire and Oxfordshire . The town has a population ___MASK89___ 12 , 043 ( United Kingdom Census 2011 ). ___MASK26___ is also a civil parish designated as a town council . The manorial courts were the lowest courts ___MASK89___ law in England during the feudal period . They had a civil jurisdiction limited both in subject matter and geography . They dealt with matters over which the lord ___MASK89___ the manor had jurisdiction , primarily torts , local contracts and land tenure , and their powers only extended to those who lived within the lands ___MASK89___ the manor : the demesne and such lands as the lord had enfeoffed to others , and to those who held land therein . Historians have divided manorial courts into those that were primarily seignorial  based on feudal responsibilities  and those based on separate delegation ___MASK89___ authority from the monarch . There were three types ___MASK89___ manorial court : the court ___MASK89___ the honour ; the court baron ; and the court customary , also known as the halmote court . ___MASK14___ ( or ; abbreviated Oxon ) is a county in South East England bordering on Warwickshire ( to the north / north - west ), Northamptonshire ( to the north / north - east ), Buckinghamshire ( to the east ), Berkshire ( to the south ), Wiltshire ( to the south - west ) and Gloucestershire ( to the west ).