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472:(1763â1814). In about 1775 Charles had his portrait painted with his son Thomas who was then about 12 years old. At about the same time he commissioned an etching of Clearwell Court which shows both the house and the stable. Charles died in 1801 and his son Thomas inherited the court. In 1787 he had married Anna Ashby. Of their two children, only the daughter, Caroline, (1789â1870), survived to adulthood. In 1810 Caroline married
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claimed to have "definitely" seen a ghost in the building. In 1978, the members of Led
Zeppelin reconvened at the castle after a period apart, and began writing and rehearsing what became their
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