Museums · East Midlands
Royal Lancers and Nottinghamshire Yeomanry Museum
Royal Lancers and Nottinghamshire Yeomanry Museum — military museum near Ollerton, Newark, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1.5 h–3 h
- Best time of year
- Year-round
- Nearest railway station
- Worksop · 10.0 km
- Family-friendly
- Wheelchair accessible
About
Royal Lancers and Nottinghamshire Yeomanry Museum is a museum in the United Kingdom. Records date its origin to 2011. Wikidata describes it as: "military museum near Ollerton, Newark, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom". Coordinates: 53.2349°, -1.0451°.
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From the Wikipedia article
The Royal Lancers & Nottinghamshire Yeomanry Museum traces the history of three old and famous cavalry regiments, the Royal Lancers, the Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry and the South Nottinghamshire Hussars. It is located at Thoresby Hall in Nottinghamshire.
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Background
History
The collection has its origins in the Queen's Royal Lancers Regimental Museum which was established at Belvoir Castle in 1964. After the lease at Belvoir Castle expired in October 2007, the trustees of the collection sought funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund to finance a move to Thoresby Hall where the Stonebridge Trust, which manages the courtyard there, offered a 25 year lease. Princess Alexandra opened The Queen's Royal Lancers and Nottinghamshire Yeomanry museum at Thoresby Hall in July 2011. In November 2023, thieves stole a haul of "priceless" silver military antiques by cutting through the museum's floor. Among the items stolen from the museum are a distinctive parcel and gilt…
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- Coordinates
- 53.2349, -1.0451
- County
- Nottinghamshire
- District
- Newark and Sherwood
- Parish
- Perlethorpe cum Budby
- Postcode
- NG22 9EP
- Parliamentary constituency
- Sherwood Forest
- Established
- 2011
- Nearest railway station
- Worksop — 10 km
- Official site
- rlnymuseum.co.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q7758973 (CC0)
- wikipedia: The Royal Lancers and Nottinghamshire Yeomanry Museum (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: ThoresbyCourtyard.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Royal Lancers and Nottinghamshire Yeomanry Museum?
- Royal Lancers and Nottinghamshire Yeomanry Museum is in Nottinghamshire, the East Midlands, United Kingdom (postcode NG22 9EP), in the parish of Perlethorpe cum Budby.
- When was Royal Lancers and Nottinghamshire Yeomanry Museum built?
- Built or established in 2011.
- How do I get to Royal Lancers and Nottinghamshire Yeomanry Museum?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode NG22 9EP. It sits within the Sherwood Forest parliamentary constituency.