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…
Category: Places
Significant buildings in Tollerton
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…
According to the ‘Nottinghamshire History’ website (www.nottshistory.org.uk) on 10th July 1613, in the time of James I, a licence “ad docendum puerelos abcedarios” was granted to Robert Storie, the parish…
In the mid 1940s, the American troops were stationed at the airport and the grounds adjacent to Hall Farm. As a lad in my early teens, I attended Musters Road…
Excerpt taken from the Tollerton Village Newsletter of March 2002 although it is not clear if it relates to 2002 or sometime earlier. Situated three and a half miles south-east…
This excerpt was written by Miss Dodd in 1935 and reproduced a lot later in one of the Village Newsletters: The average pilot takes about eight hours of instruction, given…
The walk started at the Parish Rooms (NG12 4EB). Methodist Church opposite was built in 1964. As well as being a place of worship it will be familiar to many…
The Airport has had many air shows and, in 1967 the Kings Cup Air races took place (this took place annually but was based at different airports). The programme, kindly…