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Hand drawn map of Army Depot Old Dalby c.1950
Hand drawn map of the Army Depot by Chris Chellis, c.1950
Chris Chellis memoir
A written account of his memories of 1950s Queensway and the Army Depot by Chris Chellis
Village Timeline item 01: c863
Timeline item 01: c863 - A Viking settlement is built near the lake; it becomes part of the Danelaw
1939 Grocers receipt
A Grocer's receipt dated Oct 13th 1939 for FW Heafford and sons, Nether Broughton
Village Timeline item 07: 1628
Timeline item 07: 1628 - The first Duke of Buckingham buys the estate. Oliver Cromwell seizes it but it is returned to the second Duke on the restoration of Charles II
1957 Motor Fuel Ration Book
A ration book for motor fuel from 1957
Village Timeline item 18: c.1935
Timeline item 18: c1935 - Thomas Henry Fisher, the illustrator of Richmal Crompton's Just William stories, settles in the village
1970s Newspaper article on Old Dalby
News article on Old Dalby village from 1970s by Jill Goodman
Village Timeline item 21: c.1957
Timeline item 21: c1957 - Major Blount, C J Phillips's nephew and heir, vacates the hall. The estate is divided into lots and sold, thus ending 780 years of the Manor of Old Dalby
Excerpt from a History of Leicestershire (1800) describing Old Dalby
Excerpt from The History and Antiquities of the County of Leicester (John Nichols, 1800) Vol. III pt. 1: East Goscote Hundred, pp. 242-258, describing Dalby on the Woulds (Old Dalby)