Annesley Hall & Church

Originally a hunting lodge, the hall was built in 1156 and has been added to over the years. The building is set in a 250-acre landscaped park.

The old church is located to the north of Annesley Hall. Access to the church, which is now in ruins, is off A608 Mansfield Road, just off Junction 27 of the M1 Motorway.

The church is mentioned on the works of Lord Byron and D. H. Lawrence. A new church, All Saints Annesley, now replaces the medieval church and is located about a mile north on the outskirts of Annesley Woodhouse village.

Across the A608 road near the old church towards the Sherwood Retail Park is the Annesley Ice House. 

The oldest legible headstone commemorates a local villager named Richard Barrat, who died in 1718 aged 35. The last burial in the churchyard was for Thomas Gelsthorpe of Annesley Woodhouse in 1881.

Annesley is situated eight miles north-west of Nottingham, close to the Derbyshire border

Annesley Hall is now bleak and very quiet after the terriblefire in 1997. Over thirty three years ago this once desolate house was full of the sounds of music and laughter.

One of the family, William Chaworth (born 1726) died after being wounded in a duel by Lord Byron in 1765.

This was once the home of Mary Chaworth who was the sweetheart and only true love of the poet Lord Byron. The hall dates back to medieval times and legend has it that it was once the home of Robin Hood.

The Chaworth line continued until 1790, when George Chaworth Esq. died leaving his only child Mary Ann as heiress to the lands.

Annesley Hall eventually became the home of the Chaworth family and upon the disasterous marriage of Mary to Jack Musters of Colwick Hall, the family name became the Chaworth-Musters.

John C. Musters took over the property in 1859, and made extensive changes to the land around the hall.

Annesley Hall, a grade II listed building, which is reputed to be one of the most haunted houses in England

Residents of Annesley 1853

Hammond Captain Phillip, the Hall

Beecroft Thos., coachman, the Hall

Beecroft William, butler, the Hall

Annesley Hall. the seat of Captain Phillip Hammond, is a large ancient mansion, surrounded by a fine park, well stocked with deer, and extensive woods. The church, dedicated to All Saints, stands on a gentle eminence near the Hall, and has a tower with five bells. The living is a perpetual curacy, certified at £52. The trustees of the late John Musters Esq. are the impropriators and patrons, and the Rev. Richard Howard Frizell is the incumbent. A feast is held on the nearest Sunday to Old All Saints Day