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Fretwell did not get on well with his wife and so returned to Barbados after the Hall was finished in 1692 and died there in 1701. In the inventory of his goods at Hellaby (which accompany his will in archives at York) he left £5000 to each of his three daughters, as well as the Hellaby Estate.
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dated back nine hundred years, the ending of the name in "bi" would indicate a
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and establishing themselves in the nearby limestone valleys with their clear waters and fertile soil. The "Helgebi" settlement would have been built around the nearby streams with land being used for cultivation, woodland and grazing and it is doubtful whether the combined population of the two
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Hellaby Hall estate is listed with English Heritage as the deserted site of a Medieval village, with the remains of a well, square ditched enclosure, example of ridge and furrow ploughing method, post Medieval long house, corn drying oven and indications of metal working.
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The Hellaby Hall estate was sold by Sir William Eden to the Morrell family in 1870. Sir Anthony Eden, on his retirement, built a house on the Island of Barbados, only a few miles from where Ralph Fretwell's fortune had been made. The hall was again sold in 1918 to Cliff Carnelly.
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hall. A local company finally purchased the estate and with the guidance of English Heritage went about restoring much of the original hall as well extending the facilities to become a hotel. It only opened for three months and stayed closed for nearly four years.
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Hellaby Hall was expanded with modern buildings, and was reopened in 1995 as a hotel. On 23 December 2015 the hotel was acquired by AJL Hotel Holdings Ltd and is now a 4 star 89 bedroomed hotel with a pool spa and large gym.
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Ralph Fretwell went to Barbados and started a sugar plantation. He became one of the pioneers who laid the foundation of British Trade and prosperity and by his industry he was granted an export licence by
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