Today, the term encompasses a broader range of ornamental homes, from manors to mansions to chateaux.

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There are also several large scale farms and manors, as well as three urban areas.

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Their guest ranches range from rustic outposts where visitors herd cattle, to refined enclaves that could be displaced English manors.

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His hard-hitting hip-hop record Ill Manors accompanies his film of the same name - a tale of life on the streets of London.

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No wonder many aristocrats can no longer mind their manors and have either put them on the market or donated them to the National Trust.

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Plan B's Ill Manors is up for best contemporary song, while the like-named film in which it appears, which he directed, is nominated for best original film score.

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Cynics might argue that a more accurate view of modern Britain could come from the likes of Plan B, whose "Ill Manors" single sticks the knife into Cameron's Britain, but a gig at Buckingham Palace was never going to be the place for punk sentiment.

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