Nathaniel Wyld

  Noted events in his life were:

• History: Local - Woodborough. The Dover Beck falls from Dorket head into the village of Woodborough and runs down the main road through the village. In earlier times there was a settlement believed to be of Anglo saxon origin this was known as Udenburg (Ude's fort) this is located in local woods known as Fox Wood the are still the remains of an oval Iron Age earthwork and hill fort with evidence of a Roman occupation in later years.


The village as many in the area are based on agriculture, how ever as other local villages the advent of the stocking machine made its mark on the village. The Listed Grade II 12th century church in the village has a Norman Font and North porch doorway with later additions of a tower in the 13th century containing 4 bells (this gives name to the local pub on the opposite side of the road called the Four Bells) the church . The choir stalls, canopies and reading desk was presented to the church Christmas of 1893 by Mansfield Parkyns of Woodborough Hall in memory of his wife.

• History: Local, 1826, Woodborough, Nottingham, England. By the end of 1826 an underground sewer had been installed to replace the open sough which provided drainage for the house in Long Road and the market area was levelled and raised using soil from Gallows Hill.

• History, 2 Apr 1827, Woodborough, Nottingham, England. A William WELLS had the dubious honour of being the last man to be hanged on Gallows Hill.

• History, 26 May 1830, Woodborough, Nottingham, England. The last public whipping took place.

• History: Buckingham Palace, 1837. Buckingham Palace has served as the official London residence of Britain's sovereigns since 1837. It evolved from a town house that was owned from the beginning of the eighteenth century by the Dukes of Buckingham.

• History: Railway, 30 May 1839, Nottingham, England. On this day the railway line between Nottingham Queen's Road Station and Derby was publicly opened.
Within a year it was extended to Leicester and Rugby.

• Inheritance, 1840, Calverton, Nottingham, England. ³ Nathaniel would have inherited Burnor Close from John WYLD's will, as he had reached the age of 21 years.

• 1841 British Census, 7 Jun 1841, Calverton, Nottingham, England. Nathaniel is recorded as being 22 years old, a brickmaker, and head of the household at:-
Burnor Close,
Calverton, Nottingham, England.

Also living in the household was,
Nathaniel's common law wife, Harriet, age 17 years, a Framework Knitter.

• Occupation: Brick Maker, 1841, Calverton, Nottingham, England. ¹⁴

• Residence: Burnor Close, 1841, Calverton, Nottingham, England. ¹⁴

• History, 2 Oct 1848, Nottingham, England. Coal mining had been carried out for many years in places such as Strelley and Wollaton, but it was not until the railway arrived that the coal seams around Hucknall and Bulwell could be exploited. Shafts were soon driven at Bulwell, Nuthall, Cinderhill, Babbington, Strelley, Hucknall and Bestwood.

• 1851 British Census, 30 Mar 1851, Calverton, Nottingham, England. ¹⁵ Nathaniel is recorded as being 32 years of age, head of the household, occupation as a Cottager, living at:-
East Side,
Calverton. Nottingham.

Also living at the household was,
Nathaniel's wife, Harriet,
their children, Richard, age 6,
Elizabeth, age 4, and
Mary, age 2.

• Occupation: Cottager, 1851, Calverton, Nottingham, England. ¹⁵

• Residence: East Side, 1851, Calverton, Nottingham, England. ¹⁵

• 1871 British Census, 2 Apr 1871, Calverton, Nottingham, England. ² Nathaniel is recorded as being a Cottager, living at:-
34 Woodborough Road,
Calverton.

Also living at this address was his wife, Harriet, and seven of their children.

• Residence: 34 Woodborough Road, 1871, Calverton, Nottingham, England. ²

• Occupation: Cottager, 1871, Calverton, Nottingham, England. ²

• 1881 British Census, 1881, Calverton, Nottingham, England. ¹⁶ Nathaniel is recorded as being 61years old, a Farmer 28 acres, head of the household, at,
Woodborough Road, Calverton.

Also living in the household was,
Nathaniel's wife, Harriett, age 56,
their son Joseph, 20, Baker (Unemployed),
their son, Samuel, 15,
their grand-daughter, Clara WYLD, 11, Scholar, and
their grand-son, William WYLD, 9, Scholar, and born in Loughborough, Leicester.

• Occupation: Farmer 28 acres, 1881, Calverton, Nottingham, England. ¹⁶

• Residence: Woodborough Road, 1881, Calverton, Nottingham, England. ¹⁶

Nathaniel married Harriet Farley, daughter of Samuel Farley and Mary Lloyd, on 28 Oct 1844 in Calverton, Nottingham, England. (Harriet Farley was born in 1824 in Oxton, Nottingham, England and was christened on 28 Nov 1824 in Oxton, Nottingham, England.)