An entire English village has been bought one year after it went on the market for £20m. Albanwise Ltd, a Norfolk-based real estate and farming investment firm, said on Wednesday it had purchased West Heslerton Estate near Scarborough in North Yorkshire. “Albanwise Ltd is due to become the new owner of West Heslerton Estate and looks forward to incorporating this within our North Yorkshire Estate,” said a spokesman, who said it was bought for an “undisclosed fee”. Dawnay moved out of West Heslerton Hall, the village’s centrepiece, 30 years ago, and did not live there again. Her management of West Heslerton has meant very little has changed among the rented cottages for half a century for the village’s estimated 375 residents.

Source: The Guardian April 26, 2017 23:26 UTC