Conversation so far:
What is the history of Manorialism?
In the generic plan of a medieval manor from Shepherd's Historical Atlas, the strips of individually worked land in the open field system are immediately apparent.
What did that mean?
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Are there any other interesting aspects about this article?
In the generic plan of a medieval manor from Shepherd's Historical Atlas, the strips of individually worked land in the open field system are immediately apparent.
Why are they apparent?
In this plan, the manor house is set slightly apart from the village, but equally often the village grew up around the forecourt of the manor.

Question: What else was arounf the manor?
Self-contained rewrite: Other than the worked lands of the open field system, what else was around the typical medieval manor?