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6 unusual facts about Wollaton


Bay de Verde

1612 - October 1612 Bartholomew Pearson, yeoman of Wollaton, Nottingham, settler in the first English colony in Newfoundland, took part in John Guy’s expedition to Trinity Bay and was among those ship-wrecked at Green Bay (Bay de Verde) on the way back.

Bramcote Hills

To the north is Bramcote Ridge, Bramcote Moor and Wollaton.

Martin Gillingham

Martin currently lives in Wollaton with his wife, Linda, and children, Kirsty and Nicholas.

Thomas Arundell, 1st Baron Arundell of Wardour

Sir Thomas Arundell (ca. 1560 – 7 November 1639) was the eldest son of Sir Matthew Arundell of Wardour Castle in Wiltshire (ca. 1532/34–24 December 1598), a member of the ancient family of Arundell of Cornwall, and Margaret Willoughby, the daughter of Sir Henry Willoughby, of Wollaton, Nottinghamshire.

Thomas Arundell, 1st Baron Arundell of Wardour (ca. 1560 – 7 November 1639) was the eldest son of Sir Matthew Arundell of Wardour Castle in Wiltshire (ca. 1532/34–24 December 1598), and Margaret Willoughby, the daughter of Sir Henry Willoughby, of Wollaton, Nottinghamshire.

Wollaton Antiphonal

The manuscript was in use at St. Leonard's Church, Wollaton from the 1460s, until Catholic Latin service books were banned in the Reformation in the 1540s.


Bakersfield, Nottingham

There are extremely fine vistas to be had from the top of Colwick Woods, with panoramic views of the Trent Valley (as far as Belvoir Castle) and across the city to Wollaton, Clifton and the Ratcliffe on Soar power station.

Middleton, Warwickshire

The title of Baron Middleton, of Middleton in the County of Warwick, was created in 1711 by Queen Anne as a hereditary barony in the Peerage of Great Britain for Thomas Willoughby, 2nd Baronet, of Wollaton in the County of Nottingham (1670–1729).


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