Beeston Hall School

Part of Beeston Hall date back to Tudor times, but more recently was the family home of the Wyndham Ketton-Cremers on the Beeston Regis Estate. Beeston Regis Estate was part of the much larger Felbrigg Estate, the family seat. In 1940, a German bomb hit the building, causing slight damage. The Hall was leased to Thomas Tapping and his wife Bessie, who opened the private Beeston Hall School in 1948. In 1967, the school became an incorporated trust, and in 1970, following the death of Robert Wyndham Ketton-Cremer, the last squire of Felbrigg, the school acquired the freehold and about 14 acres (5.7 ha) of land. Over the years, the school has expanded and become the biggest employer in the…