Many thanks to Maureen for writing this article. We ‘found’ Maureen when one of the ‘old boys’ was visiting the Hall in 2016 and recalled a ‘Mrs Lillie’ that taught…
Category: Places
Significant buildings in Tollerton
Some ex pupils from St Hugh’s arranged to visit the Hall and one of the history group tagged along to record their memories. There were about 15 old schoolboys from…
Those who have purchased a copy of the history group’s book (‘Tollerton: A Village History’) will have seen that delightful poem about the village written by Frank Joseph Plowright. Some…
Encounters with Nature The following piece entitled ‘Summer Sanctuary’ was written by two students at St Hugh’s College and was published in 1953 in ‘The Hugonian’ which was the college magazine.…
The School log books were kindly lent to the History Group when Mr Thomas was head teacher. School log books are not the most exciting of items since most of…
This article was published in the Catholic Herald in 1948: SEMINARY IS ESTABLISHED AT TOLLERTON HALL A Junior Seminary, the first in the diocese of Nottingham, was opened on Wednesday…
The table below shows some of the former rectors at St Peter’s Church, Tollerton, specifically those between 1729 and 1927. These details have been accessed through the Archdeaconry of Nottingham…