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Wollaton

"Wollaton is a parish and village in North Notts, hundred of Broxtowe, Radford union, County Court district and rural deanery of Nottingham. It is about three miles west from Nottingham Market Place. St Leonard's Church is an ancient stone building, chiefly of the Perpendicular period, containing chancel, nave, north aisle, south porch, with handsome spire, clock and six bells. It is about to be thoroughly restored. The register dates from 1576. The rectory, with that of Cossall annexed, is of the value of £721, with residence and seven acres of glebe, in the gift of Lord Middleton. A school was established here in 1841, at the expense of the late Lord Middleton, and is still maintained by the family. The Hall is situated on an eminence, in the midst of a well wooded park of 750 acres. It was finished by Sir F. Willoughby in 1583 having been eight years in building. It is square, constructed of Ancaster stone, with large towers and pinnacles at the angles. The approach to the hall is through a long winding avenue of lofty limes. There are two handsome stone lodges. The hall was threatened by an advance of the Reform rioters in 1831, but they were repulsed by the Wollaton troop of the South Notts Yeomanry Cavalry. The pits of the Wollaton Colliery Company are at the west end of the village, and the Midland Railway branch from Radford to Trowell intersects the parish. The feast is on the Sunday nearest November 6. Area: 2069a 0r 1p; rateable value £6,884 19s."
[White's "Directory of Nottinghamshire," 1853]

Cemeteries

• Wollaton Cemetery is an ancre of land set aside by Lord Middleton in Noggy Lane. It was consecrated in May, 1879 and was under the parish Burial Board's control until transfered to Nottingham Borough.
  
  

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Census

• The parish was in the Beeston sub-district of the Basford Registration District.
  
  
• In an 1891 re-organization, this parish was assigned to the Bulwell sub-district of the Basford Registration District.
  
  
• The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
  
  

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Church History

• The Anglican parish church was dedicated to Saint Leonard.
  
  
• The churchyard was closed for burials before 1881.
  
  

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Church Records

• The Anglican parish register exists from 1576 and is in good condition.
  
  
• See our list of Baptisms at Wollaton, St Leonards, 1732-1800
  
  
• The church was in the No. 1 deanery of Nottingham.
  
  

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Civil Registration

• The parish was in the Beeston sub-district of the Basford Registration District.
  
  
• In an 1891 re-organization, this parish was assigned to the Bulwell sub-district of the Basford Registration District.
  
  
• Civil Registration began in July, 1837.
  
  

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Description and Travel

Wollaton is a village, a township and was a parish only 3 miles west of Nottingham. It has since become part of the conurbation of Nottingham city. The parish covered about 2,069 acres.

If you are planning a visit to the village:

• Take the A609 about three miles west from the heart of Nottingham.
  
  
• Local bus service is available out of Nottingham.
  
  

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History

• A large colliery here emplyed a large number of men in the parish.
  
  

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Manors

• Wollaton Hall was owned by the Middleton family, the records for which are held at the Archives in the Hallward Library at the University of Nottingham.
  
  
• Construction on the Hall was started in 1580 by Sir Francis WILLOUGHBY and finished in 1588. It was built in the Elizabethan style in a park of about 750 acres.
  
  
• The Hall was attacked in 1831 by the Reform rioters. They were repulsed at the gates by the Woolaton troop of Yeomanry.
  
  

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Maps

• The national grid reference is SK 5239.
  
  
• You'll want an Ordnance Survey Explorer map, which has 2.5 inches to the mile scale.
  
  
• See our Maps page for additional resources.
  
  

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Names, Geographical

• The name "Wollaton" is pronounced as "Woolaton". It is often incorrectly spelled that way too.
  
  

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Politics and Governance

• This place was an ancient parish in Nottingham county and it became a modern Civil Parish when those were established.
  
  
• This parish was in south division of the Broxtowe Hundred or Wapentake in the southern division of the county.
  
  
• On 1 April, 1933, this Civil Parish was abolished and amalgamated with Nottingham Civil Parish.
  
  

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Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

• After the Poor Law Amendment Act reforms of 1834, this parish became a part of the Basford Poor Law Union.
  
  

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Schools

• A Parish School for both sexes was built in 1841 by Lord Middleton. This school was rebuilt in 1865.
  
  
• The school above became a National School in the early 1900s.
  
  

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