Nottingham - NG3
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Nottingham - NG3
Image: © David Hallam-Jones Taken: 17 Jun 2012
Who was the Robert Wilkinson Smith who funded the building of these endowed houses off Chestnut Grove? When the second Lord Rancliff of Bunny Park Hall, died he left his entire estate to a certain Mrs Burt, his housekeeper, who subsequently married a Mr Alexander Forteath. At some point after their wedding Mrs. Forteath (formerly Burt) made a decision that following her death the estate should be returned to the descendants of Lord Rancliffe’s family. Simultaneously however, she arranged that her niece, Arabella Hawksley, should enjoy the estates for the duration of her life. It seems that Arabella married a certain Mr Robert Wilkinson Smith late on in her life. Mrs Wilkinson Smith, (as she became) died in 1909 and the Bunny and Bradmore estates, which included Costock, East Leake, Keyworth, Ruddington and Wysall, were left to Sir Richard Levinge, of Knockdrin Castle, Ireland. At some point though Mr Robert Wilkinson Smith (or his wife's estate) funded this small housing complex.
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