Aspley Hall and Broxtowe Hall 1830s

[Cliff Ton 10,475]

Been looking at a map of Nottm in 1835 which I bought several years ago and forgot about.

On this section you can see Aspley Hall and Broxtowe Hall when they still existed in the middle of open countryside. I've marked the early versions of current roads for reference points.

Aspley Hall was demolished in the late 1960s so there will still be people who remember it, but Broxtowe Hall went in the 1930s.

Aspley Hall

Broxtowe Hall

[poohbear 1,360]

That 'two mile house' threw me a bit...they marked it in the wrong place.Should be an inch lower on the other side of the road junction.Two mile houses was the site of the John Barleycorn pub.....as was..

Wonder where it was two miles from?...

[.... 23]

Wonder if those fine old homes were featured in this book?

'With its famous ‘Dukeries’ area, Nottinghamshire was once home to some of the grandest country houses in the land. Some, such as Welbeck and Wollaton, survive, although many others have been destroyed. Making extensive use of original documentation and photographs, this book presents a gazetteer of Nottinghamshire’s once wonderful country houses.'

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I've always been quite intrigued by this this place:

Nuthall Temple

http://www.nottshistory.org.uk/monographs/nuthall/nuthall1.htm

[Cliff Ton 10,475]

Yes Stu, I've seen and got that one, well worth it.

I've also got this one on a similar subject http://www.amazon.co...44880006&sr=1-1

which includes the two houses mentioned

[mick2me 3,033]

What happened to Nuthall Temple

[littlebro 234]

Nuthall Temple belonged to the Holden family (who were also landowners in Bramcote), The Temple became surplus to the family requirements and went into decline between the wars. It was sold off and eventually partly demolished in the 1930's. The gateway still remains next to the 3 Ponds PH.

The remains of the building were ultimately cleared when the M1 was run through Nuthall in the mid 1960's.

[jackson 301]

Viewing Cliff Ton's map of the Aspley & Broxtowe areas @ #1; if you take a look at Aspley Hall and the area below marked 'Pits', this may have been near to the picturesque area known as Cherry Orchard.

This particular place proved tragic for my family:

My grandmother's son Roy, aged 10 fell down a disused well and drowned, whilst out blackberrying with his best friend, the family dog Scruff. This would have been during the 1940's. Years later - 1950's - grandma would always rush us over Aspley Wood land to visit her parents - and 'do for them' - over at Radford Woodhouse. It makes so much sense now as to why she always rushed....................

[jackson 301]

I lived on Temple Drive - the road leading up to Nuthall Temple - for years. A Lovely Road.

Whilst gardening I'd often come across bits of old, white, clay pipes that had probably been thrown down from the coaches heading their way towards the splendid Temple.

[mick2me 3,033]

What was the Temple?

Masonic?

[jackson 301]

Vast amount on Nuthall Temple in Stu's article @ 3; no mention of 'Masonic'.

[Cliff Ton 10,475]

It was called a Temple, but that's what it wasn't. It was just a big house in the Palladian style. Neither Freemasons nor Sikhs or Latter Day Saints, nor anybody else.

http://en.wikipedia..../Nuthall_Temple

[taxi ray 170]

There is a large stone pillar, or gate post to the left of the 3 ponds pub, would this have been part of the gateway leading to Nuthall temple?

The pillar is visible on google street view.

[Cliff Ton 10,475]

I don't know the area, but I think that stone pillar is what littlebro is referring to here

The gateway still remains next to the 3 Ponds PH. The remains of the building were ultimately cleared when the M1 was run through Nuthall in the mid 1960's.

[littlebro 234]

Correct Cliff Ton,

[mick2me 3,033]

_{Thanks Cliff}

_{Do we have any old maps?}

[littlebro 234]

The Nuthall Temple was where the M1 J26 northbound on=slip is now, just to the east of the lake.

[mick2me 3,033]

Knocking that down was criminal.

[taxi ray 170]

This is the area in 1895. if you copy the image to your computer it zooms in quite clear.

[mick2me 3,033]

Image quality is poor here?

[taxi ray 170]

The original copy on my computer zooms ok, it must be something to do with photobucket. this is a quick screenshot.

[Fynger 841]

It zooms in ok but cant read much on it...too blurred

[littlebro 234]

[Bubblewrap 3,815]

I have a 25 inch scale map of the area(SK5144) dated June 1959 & Nuthall Temple is marked as a "ruin."

[jackson 301]

Does anyone have any information on Cherry Orchard - Aspley Hall / Aspley Lane area, shown on Cliff Ton's map @ #1?

[Cliff Ton 10,475]

if you take a look at Aspley Hall and the area below marked 'Pits', this may have been near to the picturesque area known as Cherry Orchard. This particular place proved tragic for my family:

My grandmother's son Roy, aged 10 fell down a disused well and drowned, whilst out blackberrying with his best friend, the family dog Scruff. This would have been during the 1940's. Years later - 1950's - grandma would always rush us over Aspley Wood land to visit her parents - and 'do for them' - over at Radford Woodhouse. It makes so much sense now as to why she always rushed....................

Does anyone have any information on Cherry Orchard - Aspley Hall / Aspley Lane area, shown on Cliff Ton's map @ #1?

This is 1930s. A bit fuzzy but the Old Maps site isn't like it used to be.

This is around 1900. Clearly marked as Cherry Orchard House.

The site is now (approximately) the Chalfont Drive govt buildings