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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 16: 1914-1918 - Eleven village men are killed while serving in the First World War. A commemorative plaque is placed in the church; the parish presents all local soldiers with cups

Timeline item 20: 1952 - Construction begins on the Queensway houses; they are named to mark the Queen’s coronation on 2 June 1953

Timeline item 31: 2019 - The National Lottery Heritage Fund awards a grant to preserve the village hall and record the history of Old Dalby and Queensway

Timeline item 05: 1543 - Andrew Noel buys the estate from the King after dissolution and builds his hall on former Knights Hospitaller land. He and his wife are buried in the parish church.

February 1970. First 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.

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.

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

A black and white photograph of Evlyn Bonsor (nee Jalland) from 1920 taken at Debdale Hill

A black and white photo of John Copley with horse