Tollerton (Notts) Village History Group Posts

28 July 2023 / Book

Introduction Farming is an important part of our village’s heritage. Reports in 1795 suggest that wheat and barley were the principal crops, followed by oats and beans. Potter (1929) said,…

5 July 2023 / Tollerton Hall

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…

26 May 2023 / Book

IntroductionTollerton Hall has an extensive and fascinating history. It is a Grade II listed building so is of architectural significance as well. The image below shows the Hall and grounds…

26 May 2023 / People

Tollerton in 1921 With the on-line publication of the 1921 Census in 2022 we can now build up a picture of Tollerton and its residents about a hundred years ago.…

29 April 2023 / Book

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…

3 April 2023 / Book

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…

28 March 2023 / Book

We published our book ‘Tollerton: A Village History’ in 2015. After 2 print runs the history group decided not to invest in a third print run but to upload the…

16 February 2023 / Uncategorised

We received a book via Vernon Birkinshaw that was used for the Tollerton Clothing Club. The initial date inside the book is 1904. A clothing club was one in which…

12 June 2022 / Historic Events
10 January 2022 / Book

Early Inn From references in Potter’s publication ‘A History of Tollerton’ (1929) there is evidence that suggests there was once an inn in Tollerton in the mid-1300s called the ‘John…