You might recognise the surname Eden from the last Netflix series of the crown. Or real life history books, if you’re into those. Successor to Churchill, the Prime Minister Anthony Eden ranked among the least successful British PM’s of all time was born here in 1897. He ventured into politics in 1923 and by the time he reached such status and began the monumental screwing up of his time in office, his brother Timothy who inherited the baronetcy sold the hall and all of its 4500 acres and the family ended its occupancy. Cue the downward spiral that followed.