Wentworth: The sought-after Yorkshire village with a history to rival a soap opera

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The beautiful village has had a stormy past

One particular favoured location is Paradise Square said to be one of the most picturesque locations in England and with its symmetrical stone cottages with hand-painted green doors and neat lawns that you could measure with a ruler it is hard to argue.

His son, the 2nd Earl, had no children and the estates were inherited by a nephew, Thomas Watson Wentworth. Over the passage of time, the Earls had operated coal mines which employed 2,000 men at their peak and the village land and buildings made Wentworth one of the most significant land assets in the country.In the 1980s the house, Wentworth Woodhouse, became a teacher-training establishment under a lease agreement to the local authority and was twice sold privately but fell into a state of disrepair and there were subsequent failed attempts to restore it.

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