Until recently, much of Harewood’s history has focused on the House, its builders and inhabitants. But the House is a relatively new arrival here, an 18th-century interloper on a very ancient landscape.

In the last few years we’ve learnt many new things about the history of Harewood before the building of the House, raising questions as well as finding answers.

So this history is, as in the end all histories are, a combination of fact and speculation, from ancient times to the present day.