lass="MsoNormal">In
the mid 19th century the Jefferyes and Colthurst families were joined
by marriage, and the Colthurst family still occupies the demesne. In
May 2008, the present estate owner, Sir Charles St John Colthurst, Baronet,
succeeded in a court action to eject a man who has lived on his land for 44
years. The man's great-grandfather was the first to occupy the estate cottage
