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"Colwick is a small pleasant village, under a long range of hills on the north bank of the Trent, nearly three miles east of Nottingham, containing 120 inhabitants and 1,235 acres of land, belonging to John C. Musters Esq., a minor, of Colwick Hall, whose ancestor obtained the manor from the Byron family in the early part of the seventeenth century.
The Hall stands about half a mile west of the village on the borders of the Trent. The steep rocks at its rear, rising in abrupt precipices, and finely tufted with overhanging woods, have a very picturesque appearance, and throws a pleasing shade over the rest of the park, which is stocked with deer. The pleasure grounds and ornamental plantations exhibit a fine specimen of modern improvement, engrafted on the ancient model. The scenery is happily diversified, and altogether forms a pleasing and most delightful residence. The house consists of an elegant centre, crowned with a pediment, resting on four well proportioned Ionic pillars, and joined by two wings of one lofty storey with an entablature, supported by square pilasters, with plain capitols, and lightened much in its effect by a handsome ballustraded parapet. It was built in 1776 by Mr Stretton of Nottingham, from an architectural design of Mr Carr of York, and was originally enclosed with a deep moat, and had a draw bridge on the north side of the hall." [White's Directory of Nottinghamshire 1853]
Year Population 1801 116 1851 120 1901 899
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