🎉✚ Bouncy Castle Hire – Wollaton! ✚🎉

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📜 Early Origins

  • The name Wollaton likely comes from Old English “Wulflaf’s tÅ«n” (farmstead of Wulflaf).

  • Evidence shows settlement here from Saxon times.

  • Mentioned in the Domesday Book (1086) as Olaveston, when it was a small farming community.

🏰 Wollaton Hall & the Willoughby Family

  • In the 14th century, Wollaton became the seat of the Willoughby family, influential landowners and coal mine proprietors.

  • The grand Wollaton Hall, a masterpiece of Elizabethan architecture designed by Robert Smythson, was built between 1580–1588 for Sir Francis Willoughby.

  • The Hall and estate dominated the area for centuries and remain Wollaton’s most famous landmark.

⚒ Industry & Mining

  • The Willoughbys were early coal magnates. Coal was mined in Wollaton from medieval times, and the industry expanded in the 16th–18th centuries.

  • Coal wealth funded Wollaton Hall, and mining remained a key part of the local economy until the 20th century.

🚂 Transport

  • Wollaton had one of the earliest wagonways (horse-drawn railways) in England, built in 1604, connecting Wollaton pits to Nottingham.

  • Later, improved road and rail links tied Wollaton more closely to Nottingham city.

🏘 19th–20th Century

  • By the 19th century, Wollaton was still a village centred around St Leonard’s Church.

  • In the 20th century, particularly after World War I and II, housing developments expanded, turning Wollaton into a suburban area of Nottingham.

  • The Hall and its grounds were sold to Nottingham Corporation in 1925, becoming a public park and museum.

🌳 Wollaton Today

  • Wollaton is now a leafy, desirable suburb about 3 miles west of Nottingham city centre.

  • Wollaton Hall & Deer Park is a major tourist attraction, housing the Nottingham Natural History Museum.

  • The suburb retains its village charm while being fully part of urban Nottingham.