 It was in the library at Stoke Rochford that the ill-fated 1944 Arnhem 'drop' was planned.Purchased in 1948 from the War Office by Kesteven County Council who built modern student accommodation, the hall was home to Kesteven College of Education, a teacher-training college which closed in 1978.It retained a connection with education, as the training and conference centre of the National Union of Teachers.