The Ingram family's several estates in Yorkshire centred on Temple Newsam where the steward had his office, collected the rents and controlled the activities. Most of the income came from agricultural rents and forestry, but as time went on royalties from coal mining and real estate development became increasingly important. A 'snapshot' taken from the estate steward's accounts of 1704 shows that the Ingrams held the following estates :

Total estate income for 1704 was £6,947; disbursements (including jointure payments to two dowager Lady Irwins) amounted to £5,799. This was a particularly good year since estate income could vary by up to £1,000 depending on a number of factors, particularly rental arrears (an issue on which the Ingrams appear to have taken a lenient line). Many families remained tenants for generations and their names continue to feature in the estate records for generations: notably the Hardwicks and the Crosthwaites.

In the late 1880s the management of the estates, for whom the Leather family had acted as stewards for three generations, was modernised by Mrs Meynell Ingram's new agent John Farrer. Separate departments (with their own accounts) were created: gardens, game, joiners, bricklayers, drainers, waterworks, home farm, roads, stables and mansion. The result was massively increased efficiency yielding greatly increased revenues.