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
March 1970. Second of a two-part feature on The Old Hall, written by Marion Freeman-Attwood. It looks into the history of Old Dalby and The Hall over the centuries.
Partial catalogue of auction for all property owned by the Old Dalby estate, comprising of all buildings, gardens, orchards, land (Arable & Pasture) etc. c1874-1880. Mentions act of parliament for the railway having just passed which was 1874 and…