In 1831, Lord Middleton of Wollaton Hall acquired the estate and leased it to a successful Nottingham lace merchant, Isaac Fisher.

Later the estate was sold to the industrialists and mine owning family Readett-Bayley.

Sir Henry Dennis Readett-Bayley was a war hero who, with financial support from other mine owners, founded the Dennis Bayley Fund to transport wounded soldiers to safety.

[6] St. Barnabas' Church, opened on 28 June 1938, was constructed at the request of the earliest residents of the newly built Lenton Abbey housing estate.

[8] There are frequent bus services operated by Nottingham City Transport that travel on Woodside Road and serve the area ■ 36: Nottingham → Derby Road → QMC → Lenton Abbey→ University West Gate → Beeston → Chilwell[9]