Thanks for bringing back my childhood memories from when my family lived there before migrating to Australia in 1966. as a lad in the early 60's we were always chased off his land when looking for conkers, my late father and his brothers always told stories of being chased off by Squire Musters for poaching Rabbits on his land. Great video, I wish my late father was here he sure would have loved it and he would have had quite a few stories to tell, not to mention some Knowledge of it's history. I still have cousins who live locally at Annesley Woodhouse. Many thanks once again.
Are you related to tiny lived nr pub called winston chinchill, woodus, n old man jack abbot, went in we a shot gun n said t landlord tech sign down or I,l blow it down, some characters up wudus, still is ahh,
@@alvincharlesworth5475 hi, chris here,,, are yiu in australia,, was you one a.railway lads, whats your.age, only a mate a mine, johnny staffords over there, in sydney, remember,, dale bradbury, wanes younger bro,,, he passed awaay 3'years ago, nice llad,
I am sometimes asked what I would do if I ever came into a shedload of money. Well, I believe I would consider buying the hall and getting it fully restored but with tastefully upgraded modern facilities including heating. It is a most attractive building with bags of history. Thank you for bringing it to our attention.
When you go through the big wooden door in the church there is a deep hole in the wall to the left, it's apparently where they kept a large piece of wood so they could slide it out and use it as kinda bolt...apparently. So gutted it's being turned into a spa, really wish it had been restored so the public could see it I all it's glory. Great video as always 👍
Thank for sharing. It's a long time since I've seen round the opposite side of the building to the church and it's very sad how bad it now looks. I don't think it's been lived in since 1973 when I think it was sold by the last of the Chaworth Musters family. There were rumours that David Essex was going to buy it as he was in a play about Baron and had a bit of an obsession with him. I think he really wanted Newstead Abbey though. A few years ago local busker Wes Dolan was in a film called The Stone, some scenes were filmed inside the hall and it looked like it was pretty much gutted, I think this was 10 or 12 years ago.
Awesome video!. Only just got round to seeing this. Love seeing old church ruins so would love to see more of this stuff! Norfolk and Suffolk has LOADS of church ruins. I would recommend Covehithe if you are in the area it is a must see. You can even climb one of the staircases. It's a very remote place. The beach there is absolutely stunning too with the broad in-between the sea and the beach.
My dad and grandad used to work here and lived in a a house about half a mile away from the hall towards the M1. It's appropriate it's filmed on a snowy day as my dad's abiding memory is shovelling snow off the roof (no H&S precautions back then). I will show this to my dad and see if he can answer some of the questions Ant posed. Today someone is starting to invest in the hall as the roof has been replaced (the new joists can be seen in the video), and I've heard from a couple of different sources that it is to be converted into a hotel. Although the part of the hall nearest the church isn't to be retained. The hotel idea isn't new and at one point the FA were interested in buying it for the England academy before they ended up locating at At George's Park
thanks Ant, i always wondered about the church, every car trip as a little kid i remember the derelict church tower which used to say goodbye and greet us on every trip out and back onto the motorway, it used to spark conversations for our family and i am sure many other families who observed as far back as we can remember, i was fearing the worst since the tower had disappeared from view but good to know the site is all listed and patiently waiting for its renaisance
Spent many a happy day exploring around there as a nipper in the 70s and early 80s trying not to be spotted by the security! Every time I drive by on the bypass from the Hucknall side it reminds me of my abiding dream of winning the lottery and bringing it back to it's former glory! Love this place - someone needs to sort it as my numbers never seem to come up! 🙂
nice video, i live locally to this site. Im sure i read somewhere that the ice house was dismantled and moved further into the woodland to allow for road building. it is one of four remaining in Nottinghamshire. another interesting site near by is the site of the motte and bailey, perched on the top of a steep slope close to Diadem Hill and overlooking the old medieval forest road below.
That was amazing. Your music is hauntingly beautiful. Made me emotional thinking of all these beautiful buildings with no people in them anymore. But somehow you keep them alive by your documentary’s and filming. You have a gift Ant. Well done. Great find with the underground stair. Thank you so much for what you do. People up here in Scotland appreciate it .
Very interesting bit of history Ant, love the drove coverage with the snow about, music was lovely, haunting but peaceful if you know what i mean,yes i believe it to be a Ice House,🤔 another video well done,😃 x
Looking at the OS 25 Inch 1892-1914 map on the nls website, the mound is marked 'Icehouse', and the wood surrounding it is marked 'Icehouse Wood'. I think it might be an Icehouse.
We walked our dog through the woods that surround it. We found a square pit, probably 6ft deep, maybe that was for storing ice? Would love to know what it was used for
Just found your channel!! I live a junction away from this on the M1. Stunning place steeped in history and I'm so glad it is being restored ☺️☺️ Brilliant video!
What a fabulous video, loved the music it goes well with the sad hall, I do hope the developer who owns it doesn’t make the hall ultra modern inside. I'd love to think one day it'd be open to the public, the grounds too, but knowing developers they're waiting til the time is right to build on the land 😞
Absolutely brilliant Ant’ 😃 the old photo’s of what once was; the video footage now; the history of the place; the drone filming! 🤩 Loved it. Superb video and well put together. 🙏🏻
Beautiful video, I live a stone's throw away from there but never been round it. I can remember the fire very well ,a fire engine missed the turning and tried to cut through the wood on the duel caridge way but he got stuck in the mud, the fire was raging by this time. If you carry on down the 608 towards the Badger Box pub ,on the right hand side you will see about 15 old cottages, these were leased out to workers on the estate by Colonel Muster.
Morning Ant The hall is haunted by the white lady she is said to walk the grounds only at night my book about it was written in 1987 by len moakes all about haunted Nottingham Have a lovely day thanks for sharing a wonderful building and church xx
Great video as usual. The mound and tunnel do look like an ice house to me and the church and house look amazing. Hope things are going better for you now!
You're in my neck of the woods now Ant! I enjoyed your railway videos in Gedling and Colwick where I grew up, and now I live up here. I've been to the church many times, and once sneaked around the grounds of the hall before I was stopped by a security guy with a rifle! He marched me off the premises! I had managed to find an open door into the hall before this point and just went inside. Wow. The feeling I was being watched, and not by the security guard was very strong. I can well believe it to be haunted. Another interesting thing I found in the hall grounds while trespassing (!) was the gravestone for a horse!
Worked on the church in the early eighties I put some of the cappings on the old stone walls we then started to excavate the old floor but prevented from going any further when the top of old lead sealed caskets were hit the architect who I think was from Codnor said they were probably plague victims the top of the caskets were large to accommodate multiple burials we had access to the old hall and it was still full of old possessions and furniture
Interesting video. Coincidentally I drove between the three locations this week. It was the first time I had been back to Notts for over 3 years. Just past there I passed the Badger Box PH and realised this was the road we went on from Chilwell to Mansfield to see my Mum's family when I was a kid 60 years ago.
I googled Annesley Hall, Nottinghamshire and what a long complex history. Just wondering, has a inventory or a list been made of the headstones so those buried don't get lost to the past? Another great watch and love the drone work......
'so we will go no more a roving so still into the night' Byron must have spent many a romantic night in those grounds -also maybe with his dog Bosun as well who he wrote a great elegiac poem about too.
I believe that is the ice house belonging to the estate, it was removed to make way for the road widening scheme, it was removed brick by brick and rebuilt in its current location, I have a friend who was actually on the job and told me about it at the time I think it would have been around the end of the 90s?
Agree it would be great to see it renovated but not an hotel. Can you imagine numerous weekends filled with common women on their hen parties dribbling their Prosecco through its hallways. 😱
There is an aerial picture somewhere that shows the church before it was a ruin, the hall and surrounding areas are also in the photo. I can't find it now so if anyone has any ideas about this photo it might explain what some of the old walls were. Also, was the slate somewhere where they would write the hymns? Just a thought, no idea if it's right. ua-cam.com/video/sodwiK_1tlo/v-deo.html Did find this video though that shows the gutted interior of the hall.
It was ridiculous how the rich powerful families lived. I’m surprised they managed as long as they did. But they all abandoned the homes when slaves had to go home . Shocking
I would think that the "covered walkway would have been CLOISTERS and the building at the entrance to the graveyard possibly be the vergers house or the SEXTONS house each have a part to play in the running of the church.
If it's Grade ll listed someone must have to keep it to a certain level of repair??? Blimey, you'd take your life in your hands to get an ice cube for your gin and tonic😨👍🏻🍸
Has a little lad,,, I went conk e ing, on red lane there was nonne looked over. The fence, n saw big conker tree,s ,, I decider to nip over, what, my pockets were bulging, we,em, a voice shoutedall posh, excuse me young man, what sre you doing, im conkering,,, he said, were have you add, the conkers from, over, here or over there, over here, in that case put them.all back,,, what all of them, yes all ot them,,.what a spite man, takeing joy away from a kid,,, I told my dad, pete, and he said, if it wo in 1920,s the gamekeepers, wud.a ript your shirt off your back, n birched you, blimy what a world,
Thanks for bringing back my childhood memories from when my family lived there before migrating to Australia in 1966. as a lad in the early 60's we were always chased off his land when looking for conkers, my late father and his brothers always told stories of being chased off by Squire Musters for poaching Rabbits on his land. Great video, I wish my late father was here he sure would have loved it and he would have had quite a few stories to tell, not to mention some Knowledge of it's history. I still have cousins who live locally at Annesley Woodhouse. Many thanks once again.
Are you related to tiny lived nr pub called winston chinchill, woodus, n old man jack abbot, went in we a shot gun n said t landlord tech sign down or I,l blow it down, some characters up wudus, still is ahh,
@@chrisdurant7351 I am related to the Charlesworths who lived next door to the Pub, Derek who was my Uncle.
@@chrisdurant7351 Derek was married to Joyce Abbott
@@chrisdurant7351 Derek is my Uncle my Dads younger brother
@@alvincharlesworth5475 hi, chris here,,, are yiu in australia,, was you one a.railway lads, whats your.age, only a mate a mine, johnny staffords over there, in sydney, remember,, dale bradbury, wanes younger bro,,, he passed awaay 3'years ago, nice llad,
I was told by a work colleague many years ago, The ice house was relocated because it was in the way of the new road layout. Cracking Video.
I am sometimes asked what I would do if I ever came into a shedload of money. Well, I believe I would consider buying the hall and getting it fully restored but with tastefully upgraded modern facilities including heating. It is a most attractive building with bags of history. Thank you for bringing it to our attention.
That’s one HUGE money out right there : a euro millionains rollover for sure only !
When you go through the big wooden door in the church there is a deep hole in the wall to the left, it's apparently where they kept a large piece of wood so they could slide it out and use it as kinda bolt...apparently.
So gutted it's being turned into a spa, really wish it had been restored so the public could see it I all it's glory.
Great video as always 👍
Thank for sharing. It's a long time since I've seen round the opposite side of the building to the church and it's very sad how bad it now looks. I don't think it's been lived in since 1973 when I think it was sold by the last of the Chaworth Musters family. There were rumours that David Essex was going to buy it as he was in a play about Baron and had a bit of an obsession with him. I think he really wanted Newstead Abbey though. A few years ago local busker Wes Dolan was in a film called The Stone, some scenes were filmed inside the hall and it looked like it was pretty much gutted, I think this was 10 or 12 years ago.
Very good drone footage again your research on your subjects is excellent past it many times.
Thanks for the tour of these beautiful facilities. Appreciate your time ion these. Cheers Ant!
Awesome video!. Only just got round to seeing this. Love seeing old church ruins so would love to see more of this stuff! Norfolk and Suffolk has LOADS of church ruins. I would recommend Covehithe if you are in the area it is a must see. You can even climb one of the staircases. It's a very remote place. The beach there is absolutely stunning too with the broad in-between the sea and the beach.
My dad and grandad used to work here and lived in a a house about half a mile away from the hall towards the M1. It's appropriate it's filmed on a snowy day as my dad's abiding memory is shovelling snow off the roof (no H&S precautions back then). I will show this to my dad and see if he can answer some of the questions Ant posed. Today someone is starting to invest in the hall as the roof has been replaced (the new joists can be seen in the video), and I've heard from a couple of different sources that it is to be converted into a hotel. Although the part of the hall nearest the church isn't to be retained. The hotel idea isn't new and at one point the FA were interested in buying it for the England academy before they ended up locating at At George's Park
That was so beautiful thanks Ant. Would love to walk through and around that. Thanks for share, please stay safe and take care
thanks Ant, i always wondered about the church, every car trip as a little kid i remember the derelict church tower which used to say goodbye and greet us on every trip out and back onto the motorway, it used to spark conversations for our family and i am sure many other families who observed as far back as we can remember, i was fearing the worst since the tower had disappeared from view but good to know the site is all listed and patiently waiting for its renaisance
Thank you Ant, so interesting and so sad. Love the drone footage. Take care.
Another great & fantastic video of Annesley Hall and the Old Church Ruins!.💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖
Spent many a happy day exploring around there as a nipper in the 70s and early 80s trying not to be spotted by the security! Every time I drive by on the bypass from the Hucknall side it reminds me of my abiding dream of winning the lottery and bringing it back to it's former glory! Love this place - someone needs to sort it as my numbers never seem to come up! 🙂
I've often caught a glimpse of this driving past to the M1 and wondered what was there so it's really exciting to finally see it! Great video
Awwww thanks so much. Glad you enjoyed it 😃😃
nice video, i live locally to this site. Im sure i read somewhere that the ice house was dismantled and moved further into the woodland to allow for road building. it is one of four remaining in Nottinghamshire.
another interesting site near by is the site of the motte and bailey, perched on the top of a steep slope close to Diadem Hill and overlooking the old medieval forest road below.
I also read the story about the icehouse being relocated because of the building of the road Adam. Makes sense as it is a long way away from the hall.
For in the day that was quite a complex. Great video, excellent drone footage. Meriden, Kansas
What a great video, thanks for the history lesson, excellent choice of music, thanks for posting.
Thanks Tony. Some of my favourite music on this one that I've not used in a while
Thank you for the tour of these sadly abandoned remains of a lovely building. The drone footage gives a very good overview.
That was amazing. Your music is hauntingly beautiful. Made me emotional thinking of all these beautiful buildings with no people in them anymore. But somehow you keep them alive by your documentary’s and filming. You have a gift Ant. Well done. Great find with the underground stair. Thank you so much for what you do. People up here in Scotland appreciate it .
Very interesting bit of history Ant, love the drove coverage with the snow about, music was lovely, haunting but peaceful if you know what i mean,yes i believe it to be a Ice House,🤔 another video well done,😃 x
Looking at the OS 25 Inch 1892-1914 map on the nls website, the mound is marked 'Icehouse', and the wood surrounding it is marked 'Icehouse Wood'.
I think it might be an Icehouse.
We walked our dog through the woods that surround it. We found a square pit, probably 6ft deep, maybe that was for storing ice? Would love to know what it was used for
Just found your channel!! I live a junction away from this on the M1. Stunning place steeped in history and I'm so glad it is being restored ☺️☺️ Brilliant video!
Thanks so much for watching and your kind comment too 🙂🙂
What a fabulous video, loved the music it goes well with the sad hall, I do hope the developer who owns it doesn’t make the hall ultra modern inside. I'd love to think one day it'd be open to the public, the grounds too, but knowing developers they're waiting til the time is right to build on the land 😞
Wow really enjoyed that what a great old building interesting history
Absolutely brilliant Ant’ 😃 the old photo’s of what once was; the video footage now; the history of the place; the drone filming! 🤩 Loved it. Superb video and well put together. 🙏🏻
Just got back from the church ruins and the hall. There seems to be the start of a new roof on parts of the church and hall. Great video mate 😊
Beautiful video, I live a stone's throw away from there but never been round it. I can remember the fire very well ,a fire engine missed the turning and tried to cut through the wood on the duel caridge way but he got stuck in the mud, the fire was raging by this time. If you carry on down the 608 towards the Badger Box pub ,on the right hand side you will see about 15 old cottages, these were leased out to workers on the estate by Colonel Muster.
Morning Ant The hall is haunted by the white lady she is said to walk the grounds only at night my book about it was written in 1987 by len moakes all about haunted Nottingham
Have a lovely day thanks for sharing a wonderful building and church xx
Great video as usual. The mound and tunnel do look like an ice house to me and the church and house look amazing. Hope things are going better for you now!
You're in my neck of the woods now Ant! I enjoyed your railway videos in Gedling and Colwick where I grew up, and now I live up here. I've been to the church many times, and once sneaked around the grounds of the hall before I was stopped by a security guy with a rifle! He marched me off the premises! I had managed to find an open door into the hall before this point and just went inside. Wow. The feeling I was being watched, and not by the security guard was very strong. I can well believe it to be haunted. Another interesting thing I found in the hall grounds while trespassing (!) was the gravestone for a horse!
I've just today found this channel & I'll be subscribing, yep it's not far from me either I'm in Mapperley so I'll look for the videos you mention.
Fantastic, childhood memories. Thank you.
Brilliant video. More old houses in the future please. They are fascinating places.
Worked on the church in the early eighties I put some of the cappings on the old stone walls we then started to excavate the old floor but prevented from going any further when the top of old lead sealed caskets were hit the architect who I think was from Codnor said they were probably plague victims the top of the caskets were large to accommodate multiple burials we had access to the old hall and it was still full of old possessions and furniture
Interesting video. Coincidentally I drove between the three locations this week. It was the first time I had been back to Notts for over 3 years. Just past there I passed the Badger Box PH and realised this was the road we went on from Chilwell to Mansfield to see my Mum's family when I was a kid 60 years ago.
Great video, a place I drive past most days but never stopped at. Incredible.
Wow, I didn't know of its existence. Great video.
Hi Many thanks for another very interesting Vlog a happy new year to you and here to more great productions from you keep up the fantastic work
Very interesting as usual.Thanks Ant
I googled Annesley Hall, Nottinghamshire and what a long complex history. Just wondering, has a inventory or a list been made of the headstones so those buried don't get lost to the past? Another great watch and love the drone work......
I think the records went to the new church
'so we will go no more a roving so still into the night' Byron must have spent many a romantic night in those grounds -also maybe with his dog Bosun as well who he wrote a great elegiac poem about too.
I believe that is the ice house belonging to the estate, it was removed to make way for the road widening scheme, it was removed brick by brick and rebuilt in its current location, I have a friend who was actually on the job and told me about it at the time I think it would have been around the end of the 90s?
New subscriber. Really enjoying the videos! 👍🙂
Fascinating! Who does the hall belong to, I wonder?
Great video, driven past there so many times and thought about stopping but never had.
What are the plans if any for the hall?
The church tower was at least twice as high 50 years ago 😊
It is the ice house but it isn’t in it’s original place it was moved there when they built the new A608 road
Lovely old buildings. I wonder if a hotel would buy it up and repurpose it? Be a shame to see it crumble.
Agree it would be great to see it renovated but not an hotel. Can you imagine numerous weekends filled with common women on their hen parties dribbling their Prosecco through its hallways. 😱
There is an aerial picture somewhere that shows the church before it was a ruin, the hall and surrounding areas are also in the photo. I can't find it now so if anyone has any ideas about this photo it might explain what some of the old walls were. Also, was the slate somewhere where they would write the hymns? Just a thought, no idea if it's right.
ua-cam.com/video/sodwiK_1tlo/v-deo.html Did find this video though that shows the gutted interior of the hall.
Didn’t know you had snow recently? Updated: oh just saw a title that said March 2021.
Ice house... Fellbrig hall has one
Yes that's a visit for the list
@@TrekkingExploration I used to play as a child around the fellbrig hall estate
It was ridiculous how the rich powerful families lived. I’m surprised they managed as long as they did. But they all abandoned the homes when slaves had to go home . Shocking
I would think that the "covered walkway would have been CLOISTERS and the building at the entrance to the graveyard possibly be the vergers house or the SEXTONS house each have a part to play in the running of the church.
Shame about the fire 🔥🥺😢
Anne's Ley
erm that place aint hunted ! sorry
If it's Grade ll listed someone must have to keep it to a certain level of repair??? Blimey, you'd take your life in your hands to get an ice cube for your gin and tonic😨👍🏻🍸
Has a little lad,,, I went conk e ing, on red lane there was nonne looked over. The fence, n saw big conker tree,s ,, I decider to nip over, what, my pockets were bulging, we,em, a voice shoutedall posh, excuse me young man, what sre you doing, im conkering,,, he said, were have you add, the conkers from, over, here or over there, over here, in that case put them.all back,,, what all of them, yes all ot them,,.what a spite man, takeing joy away from a kid,,, I told my dad, pete, and he said, if it wo in 1920,s the gamekeepers, wud.a ript your shirt off your back, n birched you, blimy what a world,