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The remains of Roman kilns, crematoria and coins have been found in Wollaton. [3]The centre of Wollaton village, the original heart of the suburb, has remained relatively unchanged over the past few hundred years and is dominated by the Admiral Rodney public house and the Anglican church of St Leonard dating back to the 13th century.
The most important building in the ward is Wollaton Hall, which is listed together with associated structures and buildings in the garden, the grounds, and in Wollaton Park. The other listed buildings are in the village, and include houses, cottages, and associated structures, a church, headstones in the churchyard, the former rectory, a ...
Wollaton Village Dovecote Museum: Wollaton: Nottingham: Local: 17th century dovecote with local history exhibits [3] Wollaton Hall & Deer Park: Wollaton: Nottingham: Multiple: Includes the historic house, the Nottingham Natural History Museum, and Nottingham Industrial Museum with textile, transport and technology from Nottingham's past ...
St Leonard's Church is a Church of England parish church in Wollaton, Nottinghamshire, England. Dating originally from the 13th century, the church was restored in the Victorian era and again in the 20th century. It is notable for the large number of funerary monuments it contains. Many are to the Willoughby family, of nearby Wollaton Hall.
Wollaton Hall is an Elizabethan country house of the 1580s standing on a small but prominent hill in Wollaton Park, Nottingham, England. The house is now Nottingham Natural History Museum , with Nottingham Industrial Museum in the outbuildings.
Wollaton Park is a 500 acre park in Nottingham, England, which includes a deer park. It is centred on Wollaton Hall , a classic Elizabethan prodigy house which contains the Nottingham Natural History Museum , with the Nottingham Industrial Museum in the stable block.
Originally a farming village, Lenton Abbey took its name from the main farm, itself named in reference to nearby Lenton Priory. In 1831, Lord Middleton of Wollaton Hall acquired the estate and leased it to a successful Nottingham lace merchant, Isaac Fisher. Later the estate was sold to the industrialists and mine owning family Readett-Bayley.
Wollaton Hall near the Southern terminus of the Wollaton Wagonway. The Wollaton Wagonway (or Waggonway), built between October 1603 and 1604 in the East Midlands of England by Huntingdon Beaumont in partnership with Sir Percival Willoughby, [1] has sometimes been credited as the world's first overground wagonway and therefore regarded as a significant step in the development of railways.