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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.

Timeline item 04: 1220 - A stone church is built for villagers' use

Timeline item 03: 1160 - The Knights Hospitaller build a preceptory; the Manor of Old Dalby, or estate, remains in their ownership for 380 years

Timeline item 02: 1085 - The village appears in the Domesday Book

Timeline item 01: c863 - A Viking settlement is built near the lake; it becomes part of the Danelaw

Village Street Lighting Plan 1936 (?)

Vale of Belvoir Test Match, played at "The Oval" Nether Broughton, Thursday June 21st 1951.
All Old veteran cricketers picked from 13 villages, Nottingham and Leicester. Age of both teams total 2,285 years.
SKINNER'S TEAM
Jack Skinner (Capt), Old…

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.

Six Hills Church of England School admission register 1891 - 1894

Photo album containing old postcards with views of some of the bigger houses in Old Dalby including Old Dalby Hall, Vicarage, and Chapel