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This is a limited edition of 2,500 copies of which this is number 1279, signed by christopher sykes photographer and peter rudge tour mana. The present house was begun in 1751, extended in the 1790s, and rebuilt after a fire in 1911. His own forebears testify abundantly to the truth of the observation. A unique collection of family photographs and a wealth of eccentric ancestors make the visitors book one of the most unusual family histories ever published.
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