KINOULTON
Bricks were originally manufactured in
Kinoulton at a site near to the ‘Old
Schoolroom’. The canal served for both
raw material and transporting the
finished product. There was a wharf
alongside with stone edgings but is
overgrown and difficult to see.
Kinoulton brick was used in building a
number of dwellings in the village
including the church, Field Farm,
Bishops Close and many more that
now have a rendered exterior. The
original brickworkers lived in Bailey’s
Row at the east end of the village.
Pasture Hill Farm was purchased in 1919 by Sir Jesse William Hind, a Nottingham solicitor,
as a place to train destitute orphans. He renamed the farm Vimy Ridge in dedication to his
son, Lieutenant Jesse Francis Montague Hind, who was killed in action on September 27th
1916.
Sir Jesse, previously of the Park in Nottingham, planted an avenue of 184 Lombardy Poplar
trees to commemorate his son and the officers and men of the 9th Battalion of The
Sherwood Foresters Regiment who died during the battle of the Somme at Vimy Ridge over
the period 7th July to 30th November of 1916.
The avenue of Poplars runs 1
km west from Owthorpe Lane
and terminates at the farm. A
number of trees have been
replaced by new planting of
the same species as part of
the village of Kinoulton's
Millennium celebrations and
in 2007/8 a further 70 trees
were cut down and replaced
by Notts County Council.
The trees are included in the
War Memorial Register, No
59076, in memorial of the 9th
Battalion of the Sherwood
Foresters.
A earlier view of the Lombardy Poplars from the canal