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Continuing the series on neighbouring houses to Hoar Cross
hall, let me introduce you to
sudbury hall, which is about 7 miles away and on the border of Staffordshire and Derbyshire. The manor of
sudbury was listed in the Doomsday Book following the Norman Conquest in 1086, so a lot older than the
hall, and is a Grade I listed building. The Vernon family came to
sudbury after a 16th century marriage between Sir John Vernon, from Haddon
hall in Derbyshire, and the
sudbury heiress, Ellen Montgomery. It seems the Vernon family have stayed in the
hall for generations right up until the 20th century when the 10th Baron Vernon transferred the
hall and its princip...