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people that owned it whereby "All male heirs of the estate would perish". The
Bamburgh family died out because of the lack of male heirs, the Wentworth intermarried with the Bamburghs and they too became extinct. The next owners, the Cholmeleys, also became extinct and the Stricklands have only one female member of the family left. The last family to buy the house were the Knocks, and the curse continues, as Anthony Knock died after losing a battle with cancer in 2004.
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culminating in a 7 mile run at the end of the spring term called the "championship" an inter house competition. In the summer term boys did cricket with the school fielding 2 teams senior and junior and the girls did rounders. Horse riding was also offered on
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school and had a morning and evening service every weekday and mass on Sunday. In the Autumn and Spring terms boys played rugby, with the school fielding a 1st XV and an U11s team; while the girls had ballet, aerobics or needlework classes. Pupils also did cross country on
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and the stones, timbers and other material were taken away by the
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trees arranged in a triangle. These were given to a limited number of country estates in the seventeenth century. Sequoias were unknown to
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The school announced its closure in 2007 and the building was sold to a private investor who returned the building to a single private home. The house was put up for sale in 2009 but languished on the market for several years.
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of bed-wetters and censorship of letters home, however none of these allegations were proven and were subsequently dropped despite numerous testimonials from other former pupils.
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In 2017 Events company Dine announced it had signed a lease to use
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around 1540. His great-grandson sold it to Thomas
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extension at the back of the house and some of the windows have been altered so they have larger panes in the
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