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The Parish of
Astley |
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Newdigate family Sir Richard Newdigate,
2nd Baronet, who purchased the Astley estate in 1674, was the owner of the
adjoining Arbury estate into which the Astley estate was incorporated. The Arbury estate eventually
passed to the 4th and 5th Baronets, grandsons of the 2nd Baronet and after
their death to a great nephew of the 3rd Baronet, Francis Parker Newdigate. The estate has remained in that
family ever since, and although it has on occasion passed down the female
line, the Newdigate and/or Newdegate
name has been adopted by successive generations.
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