Did You Know?

100 years ago the majority of Cossall was sold at auction

The Estate of the Right Honourable Lord Middleton comprising 4,164 acres were sold on 23rd and 24th March 1925 at the Mechanics Lecture Hall, Nottingham, to pay for death duties. 

Included in the sale were 19 farms, 29 small holdings, 800 acres of building lands, 14 residences, 141 cottages, 313 acres of woodland, a sawmill, a pub, a Brick Yard and clay pit.

Not sold, were Wollaton Cricket Ground, Wollaton School, Wollaton Village Institute, Trowell School and School House, and Cossall School.

We plan to hold an exhibition on Sunday 23^rd March 2025, about this momentous sale. Do you have any memorabilia that we could include? Was your property part of the sale and how much did it go for?