Tales from Watnall Hall

The Old Windmills of Kimberley

Kimberley's old watermill - natural springs, steam railways and watercress beds

The Old Steam Mill of Watnall

The lost local watering holes of Robin Hood and Mellors, the gamekeeper of Lady Chatterley...

The Nottingham miller from 1793 who helped shoot down Nazi V1 flying bombs...

Steam-powered traction engines at Watnall

The old River Leen and its radical re-routing...

Walking (or biking) tour of local DH Lawrence hot spots (using my interactive "Map of DHL's World Travels")

The old Watnall Reservoir and the Derwent Valley Aqueduct

Mysterious DH Lawrence Windmill Watercolour

The talented school kids whose artwork marked the arrival of Kimberley's first tram in 1913

"To the castle!" - the Nottingham riots of 1831

Watnall Hall and ye olde Forest of Sherwood

The Pentrich Rebellion - Captain Rolleston and the Nottingham Barracks

The lost medieval tithe barn of Watnall Hall

The Vellum Bee Book of Watnall Hall

Falling out of favour? The Queen's Head's old landlord and auctioneer

Capt. Rolleston's tragedy and the burning of Nottingham Castle

To Let - Who else has lived at Watnall Hall?

The fate of Watnall Hall and the 1954 auction