Yes the ice house was in the line of the new road, which incidentally I think has helped to blight the Hall, and was moved and rebuilt to the side of the new road. It is opposite the old church.
The water supply to the Hall was interesting.....water from the fishponds below the Hall was pumped by ram pump or pumps to tanks at the top of the hill above the Hall, more recently part of the Kodak factory site and now removed I believe. Water then flowed by gravity back down to the Hall. Local scientist/geologist/clockmaker John Whitehurst of Derby could have been responsible for the pump(s)....Whitehurst made the turret clock now at Annesley and was the forefather of Smiths of Derby, famous clock and watchmakers. Whitehurst invented the ram pump I believe.....
Many thanks Alan - very interesting. I think the drive from the Hucknall side give a glimpse of what a beautiful setting the family home would have had.
Nanny Jan - I believe the link is to do with John Patricius studying in Christchurch, which was Dorset - then tracing his family links back to Notts.
My relies also travelled from Notts to the Christchurch area but they were servants !!!
At that time Christchurch was in Hampshire! Possibly it should have been Christ Church College, Oxford which would have been more likely after education at Eton.
Nanny Jan
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Howard , Viney , Kingsman, Pain/e, Rainer/ Rayner, Barham, George, Wakeling (Catherine), Vicary (Frederick) all LDN area/suburbs Ottley/ MDX, Henman/ KNT Gandy/LDN before 1830 Burgess/LDN Barham SFK
I am a distant cousin, via marriage, to the Chaworth-Muster line.
John Patricious Chaworth-Musters, born 1860, married Mary Ann Sharp. Mary Ann Sharp was the granddaughter of Sophia Daniel. Sophia Daniel was my 3 x Great Grandmother.
If you need any help on that particular line, let me know.
Tony C Musters married Mabel Charsley (nee Jackson Walker, of Wilmington Delaware - widow of Lt Commander John H Charsley RN) in June 1953 (I think thats right..)