Mitford Old Manor House

The Manor House previously stood, adjacent to the old church of St Mary Magdalene, on the eastern side of the River Wansbeck.

The substantial ruins now standing on the site represent the remains of a 16th-century house and of a porch tower built in about 1637.

A similar statement was made by John Hodgson who wrote about Mitford Manor in 1832, who said "the greater part of this seat- house was taken away about twenty years since" (that is 1812).

The 1637 additions were made by Robert Mitford (1612–1674) and his wife Philadelphia Wharton.

There is an elaborate grave in the churchyard of St Mary Magdalene which is in his honour.

"[7] In 1842 William Howitt visited Mitford and gave the following description of the Manor House where Bartholomew now lived.