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The Shirley family had lived in Staunton Harold for many generations. Sir Robert Shirley built the church in the hall grounds in 1653 in the
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as a family seat for the newly ennobled Shirley family and remained so until the 20th century. The fourth earl,
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gifted the church to the National Trust and put the estate up for auction. In 1955 it was acquired by
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The stable block is occupied by a number of small craft enterprises as the
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is a large 18th-century Grade I listed country house built by the
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The present hall was originally a Jacobean building built for
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home. The Hall once again became a family home in 2003.
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inherited the hall in 1859 and sold most of the land.
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Sewallis Shirley, 10th Earl Ferrers
Robert Shirley, 12th Earl Ferrers
Leonard Cheshire
Cheshire Home
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