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Timeline item 10: 1805 - The first Methodist chapel is built near the Crown Inn with donations from the Orsons, a local farming family

Timeline item 14: 1895 - Charles James Phillips, well-known brewer, buys the estate. As the primary local employer, he donates the unusual four-faced clock to the church to ensure his workers arrive on time

Timeline item 12: 1873 - The post windmill on Debdale Hill, first mentioned in 1338, blows down in a gale and is never rebuilt. Joseph Asher is the last of the millers

Sampler dated 24th January 1843 from Old Dalby School created by Mary Catherine Greaves aged 12 and donated to the Village by the Anderson family in memory of their parents Dean and Val

Plan of proposed Midland Railway; Nottingham and Saxby Deviation, 1872. Description of Property & Ownership of Land.

30th March 1851 Census for Old Dalby Hall (National Archives)

Excerpt from Old Dalby Register of Marriages 1783-1812 for 1809 to 1811

Excerpt from Old Dalby Church Register of Baptisms, Marriages and Burials 1725 -1912, pages for 1725/6

Timeline item 13: 1880 - Old Dalby station opens on the new Nottingham-London railway line

Timeline item 11: 1827 - The Rev. William Sawyer moves into the hall with his sister Louisa. He rebuilds the stone church after a fire and continues to improve the village, building the reading room, school and '5 row' cottages.