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EXCLUSIVE: The Williams Pears Group snapped up the 1,200-acre picturesque Trevalga for a cool £16million, it was announced this week. But some locals feel theyve been left in limbo.

The village, close to tourist attraction Tintagel and the legendary tale of King Arthur, on Cornwalls northern coastline, has been bought by the William Pears Group for the eight-figure sum.

Hearns interest in buying the £15.75 million Trevalga estate as a family investment has set the villagers aquiver, fearful that many of them - who are tenants - will be evicted.

Locals who fear eviction from one of Britains last coastal communities unsullied by second homes have said they are fighting off a potential buyer - darts boss Barry Hearn (pictured).

Villagers facing eviction from Cornwalls Trevalga estate have vowed to continue their war with a top public school which is seeking to sell off the hamlet for £15.75 million.

Residents living in a historic Cornish hamlet are waging the Battle of Trevalga against Marlborough College after the village was put up for sale for £15.75m using an archaic Royal clause

Trevalga estate was put in trust in 1950s to preserve its future but trustees believe it can be sold because of archaic ‘royal lives clause’