Tollerton

The Library at Nottingham will prove useful in your research.

• The parish was in the Ratcliffe on Trent sub-district of the Bingham Registration District until 1 Nov, 1883.
   
• On 1 Nov, 1883, the parish was reassigned to the Bingham sub-district of the Bingham Registration District.
   
• The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
   

• The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint Peter.
   
• The church foundations were laid in the 12th century.
   
• On the south side of the church is a mausoleum erected in 1794 by Pendock Barry BARRY who died in July, 1847.
   
• The church chancel was rebuilt in 1842.
   
• The church was considerably altered in 1855.
   
• The church was restored in 1909.
   
• The church seats 137.
   
• John SUTTON has a photograph of St. Peter's Church on Geo-graph, taken in September, 2014.
   
• There is a photograph of St. Peter's Church on Geo-graph, taken in August, 2008.
   

• The Anglican parish register dates from 1557 and is in good condition.
   
• The church was in the rural deanery of West Bingham.
   
• The church is currently in the East Bingham deanery.
   
• Geoff PICK has a photograph of the Methodist Church on Geo-graph, taken in October, 2010. This is a relatively modern structure.
   

• Civil Registration started in July, 1837.
   
• The parish was in the Ratcliffe on Trent sub-district of the Bingham Registration District until 1 Nov, 1883.
   
• On 1 Nov, 1883, the parish was reassigned to the Bingham sub-district of the Bingham Registration District.
   

Tollerton is sitting on a slight rise above the surrounding landscape. The parish is only a mile north-west of Plumtree and 4.5 miles ESE from the centre of Nottingham. The parish covers about 1,240 acres.

If you are planning a visit to the village:

• By automobile, take the A606 south-east out of Nottingham. Just after the intersection with the A52, the A606 skirts the southern edge of Tollerton village.
   
• Kate JEWELL has a photograph of the Air Hostess Pub sign on Geo-graph, taken in June, 2006. The pub is a popular stop for travellers, but it has only been open since 1966.
   

• Geograph
• Flickr

• We have an extract from White's 1853 Directory relating to this parish.
   
• We also have the extract from John Marius WILSON's "Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales" from 1870-72 for your use.
   

• Ask for a calculation of the distance from Tollerton to another place.

• Alan MURRAY-RUST has a photograph of the Village Sign and Pinfold on Geo-graph, taken in November, 2011.

• Tollerton Hall is often called Roclaveston Manor.
   
• Tollerton Hall was rebuilt around 1828 in the Gothic style with towers, turrets, etc.
   

• See our Maps page for additional resources.

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SK615347 (Lat/Lon: 52.906224, -1.087041), Tollerton which are provided by:

• OpenStreetMap
• Google Maps
• StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
• Bing (was Multimap)
• Old Maps Online
• National Library of Scotland (Old Ordnance Survey maps)
• Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
• English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
• Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
• GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)

• All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
• Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
• Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.

Spire Hospital Nottingham is actually in Tollerton on Tollerton Road, just north of the village, out toward the Nottingham City Airport. Patient records are not archived, but the Archives may hold photographs and accounting records for the institution.

• In 1904, Col. Albert CANTRELL-HUBBERSTY was listed as residing at the Hall. He would die at age 71 in 1915 (probably in Leicestershire).
   
• Alan MURRAY-RUST has a photograph of the War Memorial on Geo-graph, taken in November, 2011.
   
• Alan MURRAY-RUST has a photograph of the 1940s Pillbox at Tollerton Airfield on Geo-graph, taken in April, 2020.
   
• Tollerton Airfield was a Field Repair Unit known as RAF Tollerton at which large numbers of aircraft would be on site. Tollerton Airfield is now the Nottingham City Airport.
   
• Alan MURRAY-RUST has a photograph of the building housing the 2425 Squadron Air Training Corps unit on Geo-graph, taken in November, 2011.

There are only two names listed on the War MemoriaI in the church wall:

• In the 1086 Doomsday Book the manor of this place is referred to as "Roclaveston" and afterwards as "Torlaston".

• This place was an ancient parish in Nottingham and became a modern Civil Parish when those were created.
   
• The parish was in the Southern division of the Bingham Wapentake in the southern division of the county.
   
• You may contact the local Tollerton Parish Council regarding civic or politcal issues, but they are NOT staffed to help with family history lookups. At last look, early 2014, the website didn't appear to be current.
   
• District governance is provided by the Rushcliffe Borough Council.
   

• Bastardy cases would be heard in the Bingham petty session hearings.
   
• Pendock B. BARRY built a number of small cottages around an open rectangle to house up to 30 poor people.
   
• After the Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834, this parish became part of the Bingham Poor Law Union.
   

Year	Inhabitants
1801	176
1851	157
1861	148
1871	127
1881	124
1891	123
1901	156
1911	169
1921	140
1931	127

Andew TATLOW has a photograph of Tollerton Primary School's entrance on Geo-graph, taken in July, 2019.