Introduction Tollerton has two churches – St Peter’s Church, the Anglican Church located on Tollerton Lane, and the Tollerton Methodist Church on the corner of Burnside Grove and Stanstead Avenue.…
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The Grantham Canal lies close to the northern boundary of Tollerton and was the last major waterway to be built in Nottinghamshire. As you travel from Tollerton towards Gamston it…
Prior to the 1900s, many residents would have travelled by foot, bicycle or horse and the wealthier by horse and carriage. Travel would have been very limited and the roads…
Photos kindly donated by Elaine Dodsworth-Lever that were taken by her father, Peter Dodsworth on the occasion of the Village Event in the year 2000. The then serving Conservative MP,…
Introduction In Victorian England, a person’s social class determined many things during his or her lifetime, including education, medical treatment and jobs. In terms of education, the poorer children would…
Nottingham City Museum & Galleries gave a license to enable the painting of Tollerton Hall from 1787 by Thomas Hearne to be replicated in colour for the Kershaw family and…
Most of the oldest properties in the village cluster around the Hall and Church. Many were originally cottages for the workers on the Tollerton Estate and their families and were…
Introduction Many will know that there are two villages in England called Tollerton although they are about 100 miles apart. One is situated in North Yorkshire and the other is…