"Belle Vue" shown on Sanderson's map of 1835. The area is now a golf course. (1)

The original estate was bounded by Bridle Road (now Bramcote Drive) to the south and Cowgate (Wollaton Road) to the east. The trees along the boundary with Bramcote Drive were planted to commemorate the victory over Napoleon in 1815. It is possible that John Fellows snr, who died in 1791, had already built a small house on this land but there is no record of this. John Fellows jnr certainly built a house on the site of the current clubhouse but it is assumed that this was demolished in the rebuilding of 1837. (3)

The estate was sold to the Bowden family of Raleigh Cycling in 1910 and sold onto the Mitchell family in 1923 (who remained the owners of the estate until 2024). (3)

Stuart Lunn, 2026, Old Drive, Belle Vue Estate, Bramcote: Survey (Unpublished document). SNT6437.

<1> Notts Historic Gardens Trust, 1995-1997, Notts Historic Parks and Gardens Files (Unpublished document). SNT4553.

<2> Sanderson G, 1835, 20 miles around Mansfield - 2 in (Map). SNT48.

<3> Dick Hutchinson (ed.), 1998, Beeston Fields Golf Club from the Early Days to 1998 (Published document). SNT6468.