As far as I was aware Epperstone Manor had been the Nottinghamshire County Police Head Quarters. However it had a long history.
Although the present Manor only dates back to 1860, it has always been the site of the main manor in the village, and is mentioned in the domes day book. In 1086 Ralph De Limousin held a manor, including about 1800 acres.
In 1200 an important marriage took place when Hugh Ordingsells, a Fleming married Basillin, eventually heiress of Geird Limousin and founded a family of Ordingsells at Epperstone, who owned land here until 17th Century. He held the Manor of Chief about the King, about this time. A tablet in the church records the death of one or more of the Ordingsells family.
There was a lawsuit about parish boundaries between Epperstone and GonaIstone . Hugh de Odingselles impleaded WaIter le Ken and 15 others for throwing down his ditch banck in Eperstone, which they said that they had commonable lands therein. And for throwing 400 perches of the ditch in his wood in Eperstone which John de Nerez and John le Prevost pleaded that there was common of pasture to Freeholders in Gonalstone.
They were followed by the Samson family. In 1312 a sale took place when John sold the Manor and its cytates to Tibtoft of Langar, who was a distinguished gentleman and a great benefactor to Epperstone. He was governor of all the Kings Forests north of the Trent and a great warrior.
In 1373, Edward 111, committed to Richard Le Scrop of Bolton Castle the lands of Robert Tibtoft, until the full age of Tibtoft’s daughters. Richard Le Scrop, having three sons, thought he could not do better than marry them to these 3 daughters. Thus Margaret Tibtoft married Richard Le Scrop and carried the Manor of Epperstone and Estates to the historic house of Scrop, with whom the estate remained until the last Scrop, whose daughter brought it through marriage to the family of Howe at the close of the 17th Century. The greater part of the parish belonged to Earl Howe, the illustrious naval commander, who was again, a great benefactor to Epperstone.
In 1815 an important sale took place, which severed the connection of Epperstone with the historic family of Howe. And during the 19th Century the Manor changed hands several times. The old hall had been pulled down after the death of Dowager Countess Howe and rebuilt.
In 1867 it was acquired by Thomas Huskinson, who was my 3rd Great Grand Uncle.
Sir Frances Ley brought the Manor in 1894, and sold it to Stanley Bourne in 1917. The Bourne family were successful cotton manufacturers (Bourne & Co) with a premises at Britannia Works, Netherfield, Nottingham. In 1927 Stanley Bourne of Epperstone was High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire.
During the 1939 to 1945 war the Manor was used as a Red Cross hospital for officers, with Stanley's wife Eileen acting as commandant. After the war there was a marriage between the descendants of Stanley Bourne & Thomas Huskinson (who had purchased the manor in 1867).
The Manor became the former Nottinghamshire police headquarters in 1953, It was officially opened in 1954 by Sir David Fyfe, Secretary of State for the Home Department. before it became a police training school. It has been converted into residential premises.
Although the present Manor only dates back to 1860, it has always been the site of the main manor in the village, and is mentioned in the domes day book. In 1086 Ralph De Limousin held a manor, including about 1800 acres.
In 1200 an important marriage took place when Hugh Ordingsells, a Fleming married Basillin, eventually heiress of Geird Limousin and founded a family of Ordingsells at Epperstone, who owned land here until 17th Century. He held the Manor of Chief about the King, about this time. A tablet in the church records the death of one or more of the Ordingsells family.
There was a lawsuit about parish boundaries between Epperstone and GonaIstone . Hugh de Odingselles impleaded WaIter le Ken and 15 others for throwing down his ditch banck in Eperstone, which they said that they had commonable lands therein. And for throwing 400 perches of the ditch in his wood in Eperstone which John de Nerez and John le Prevost pleaded that there was common of pasture to Freeholders in Gonalstone.
They were followed by the Samson family. In 1312 a sale took place when John sold the Manor and its cytates to Tibtoft of Langar, who was a distinguished gentleman and a great benefactor to Epperstone. He was governor of all the Kings Forests north of the Trent and a great warrior.
In 1373, Edward 111, committed to Richard Le Scrop of Bolton Castle the lands of Robert Tibtoft, until the full age of Tibtoft’s daughters. Richard Le Scrop, having three sons, thought he could not do better than marry them to these 3 daughters. Thus Margaret Tibtoft married Richard Le Scrop and carried the Manor of Epperstone and Estates to the historic house of Scrop, with whom the estate remained until the last Scrop, whose daughter brought it through marriage to the family of Howe at the close of the 17th Century. The greater part of the parish belonged to Earl Howe, the illustrious naval commander, who was again, a great benefactor to Epperstone.
In 1815 an important sale took place, which severed the connection of Epperstone with the historic family of Howe. And during the 19th Century the Manor changed hands several times. The old hall had been pulled down after the death of Dowager Countess Howe and rebuilt.
In 1867 it was acquired by Thomas Huskinson, who was my 3rd Great Grand Uncle.
Sir Frances Ley brought the Manor in 1894, and sold it to Stanley Bourne in 1917. The Bourne family were successful cotton manufacturers (Bourne & Co) with a premises at Britannia Works, Netherfield, Nottingham. In 1927 Stanley Bourne of Epperstone was High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire.
During the 1939 to 1945 war the Manor was used as a Red Cross hospital for officers, with Stanley's wife Eileen acting as commandant. After the war there was a marriage between the descendants of Stanley Bourne & Thomas Huskinson (who had purchased the manor in 1867).
The Manor became the former Nottinghamshire police headquarters in 1953, It was officially opened in 1954 by Sir David Fyfe, Secretary of State for the Home Department. before it became a police training school. It has been converted into residential premises.