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    HERITAGE FOR HIRE

    Jun 04, 2020 3 minutes

    ASTLEY CASTLE, WARWICKSHIRE

    f walls could talk, the stories this house could tell would have the likes of Philippa Gregory and Hilary Mantel in a tailspin. The Astley family owned the site from the 12th century, but it was not until the 16th that a legitimate manor house was built, which through marriage, death and dynasty ended up at one point in the hands of the notorious Grey family, chronicled in our history books for the Nine Days Queen, Lady Jane Grey. Passed down through time, the building eventually succumbed to

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