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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.

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

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

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

Six Hills Church of England School admission register 1891 - 1894

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

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