and they owned all of the land around here, and antrobus looked after the site. but tragedy struck.ior, was killed in action in belgium. his father was brokenhearted. he died just four months later, with no heir to the amesbury abbey estate. it passed to his brother who decided to sell at auction. meaning stonehenge was up for grabs. stepping up to the wicket an unlikely local hero, cecil chubb. cecil chubb was born in shrewton and in 1876. his family had been here for several generations. cecil played cricket for shrewton cricket club from age 1a. cecil played cricket for shrewton cricket club from age 14. as historian brian edwards explains, although from a humble background cecil chubb had married well, to mary. mary's father owned the largest asylum in victorian england. and although it was undeclared that he was her father, doctor corbyn finch left her the equivalent of £100,000 when he died in 1905. so mary became one of the richest people in wiltshire. and that meant when the amesbury abbey estate, including stonehenge, came up for sale, chubb had money in his pocket, and an