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Brackenhurst Hall
On the 23 April 1861 Field Marshal Edmund Henry Hynman Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby was born within the Hall.
During the Great War Brackenhurst Hall was used as a war hospital.
In 1947, Sir William died and the estate was sold to Nottinghamshire County Council and was opened in 1948 as a Farm Institute.
In 1999, Brackenhurst College merged with Nottingham Trent University and has been an integral part of the University ever since.
Brackenhurst Hall - summer house and bridge

This photograph of the summer house and bridge on the dew pond at Brackenhurst Hall shows a workman on a boat with a scythe in hand, presumably to use to cut back the reeds growing by the side of the pond and seen in the foreground of the photograph.
The summer house and bridge are still in existence and can be seen by following this link: Brackenhurst summer house and bridge on the dew pond.
Brackenhurst Hall - Field Marshal Viscount Allenby

This photograph was taken during the Great War when Brackenhurst Hall was a military hospital, it shows the room in which Field Marshal Viscount Allenby was born on 23 April 1861.
Brackenhurst Hall - Military Hospital

A group shot of soldiers and nurses taken in 1916 when Brackenhurst Hall was a military hospital. The story of why this photograph is all creased up is not known.
Brackenhurst Hall - Military Hospital Meal time

Meal time at the hospital. It looks like they had a good appetite as the plates are all empty!
Brackenhurst Hall - Ward

Soldiers and nurses on one of the wards.
Brackenhurst Hall - Rose Garden Pond

The pond in the Rose Garden.
Brackenhurst Hall - Rose Garden

The Rose Garden.
Brackenhurst Hall - The Sunken Garden

A long view of The Sunken Garden.
Brackenhurst Hall - The Sunken Garden Gate

The gate at the end of The Sunken Garden.