A newspaper article, dated 28 September 1917, which was published in the ‘Mansfield Reporter’ reported that two German escapees had been found lying asleep in a wood at Tollerton by…
Tollerton Village History Group Posts
Iris Stirland’s Memories of 1940-1945 In 1986 the Tollerton Village Newsletter featured an article written by Iris Stirland about the family’s experiences between 1940 and 1945. Originally this was published…
What a delightful afternoon Linda Swann (nee Morris) and I (Barbara Storrie) had when we visited Mrs Gretton this afternoon! She is 101 years old, takes a keep fit class…
As l remember, the school was split into two groups – the older children and the younger children. The younger children had a classroom behind and attached to the main…
I read your article with great interest and enjoyment about last year’s old boys tour of Tollerton Hall. I was unaware of the event and would have loved to have…
The following brief item about the church was published in the ‘Local Interest’ column of the Nottingham Evening Post on 27 October, 1906. “One of the most interesting churches in…
Pacy/Pacey, Leeson and Kettleburn are all old Tollerton family names dating back to the late 1600s. All these families were referred to in Sidney Potter’s ‘A History of Tollerton’ published…
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…