Mapperley Hall was built by Ichabod Wright, a banker, in 1792. The Wright’s were a prominent family in Nottingham and many of them have plaques erected in St Mary’s Church. It was their home until the end of the 19th century when it became part of University College Nottingham. As best as I can make out it has now been split into separate flats.
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Throwback Thursday: Mapperley Hall, Nottingham
Categories: England, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Tags: history, local history, Mapperley Hall, photo post
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Nottingham Architecture – Part Three
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As part of my ongoing project to explore Nottingham’s architecture the first photo shows what used to be the Nottingham Playhouse before it moved premises (to Wellington Circus – a lovely theatre, I’d recommend a visit). This building (now a pub) was opened in 1910 as a cinema which was called The Little Theatre by the 1940s and then became the Nottingham Playhouse in 1948. It moved to its new premises in 1963.
Categories: England, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Tags: architecture, church, Cornerstone Church, guildhall, Lambert's factory, local history, nottingham, photo post, pub, statue, The Grove
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Nottingham: The Plaque Addition – Part One
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Continuing the theme of Nottingham architecture, this post explores some of the plaques in the city dedicated to people or significant events. As I’m discovering a lot lately, I’ve passed by many of these without noticing them before.
Categories: England, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Tags: bendigo, black history, george africanus, local history, Lord Byron, malt cross, nottingham, photo post, plaque, Thomas Adams, william thompson
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Nottingham Architecture – Part Two
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Another installment about some of Nottingham’s more interesting buildings. The first is Ye Olde Salutation Inn. Dating from 1240 it, along with several others in Nottingham, claims to be the oldest pub in the city. The building was originally a tanner’s workshop, before that the site was another ale house with the catchy name of The Archangel Gabriel Salutes the Virgin Mary. During the Civil War of 1642-1651 rooms were set aside to recruit for both sides in the conflict.
Categories: England, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Tags: architecture, Arkwright Building, Freemasons, history, Lewis & Grundy, local history, Nottingham Trent University, photo post, Poor Law Office, Provincial Grand Lodge, pub, Synagogue, The Royal Children Inn, Wesleyan Reform Chapel, Ye Olde Salutation Inn
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The Malt Cross
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The Malt Cross in Nottingham city centre has been on my list of places to visit for a while and finally one day in early December (!) a friend and I went on one of their regular heritage tours. Built in 1877 it is one of only a few Victorian Music Halls still standing.
Categories: England, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Tags: caves, guided tour, local history, music hall, nottingham, photo post, The Malt Cross, Victorian history, Victorian music hall
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Derby Museum and Art Gallery
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I visited Derby Museum and Art Gallery on the recommendation of a friend and it was just as good as she had suggested. Established in 1879, with the art gallery opening in 1882, it resides now in a wing of the main building that dates from 1964, but which is shared with Derby Central Library (a post on the exterior of that will follow – it really is an impressive looking building).
Categories: Derby, Derbyshire, England
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St Mary’s Rest Garden, Nottingham
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St Mary’s Rest Garden is a small park next to Victoria Park and the Victoria Swimming Baths in Nottingham. Formally a cemetery, a Quaker by the name of Samuel Fox donated the land after an outbreak of cholera in 1835.
Categories: England, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Tags: bendigo, brick tower, garden, gravestones, history, local history, nottingham, photo post, st mary's rest garden, tomb, william thompson
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The Galleries of Justice Museum, Nottingham
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The Galleries of Justice Museum is in what was once Nottinghamshire’s old Courthouse and County Goal and was opened as a museum in 1995. It’s an impressive building from outside and is surprisingly deceptive in terms of just how large it is and how far down it goes.
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Tags: galleries of justice museum, guided tour, local history, museum, nottingham, nottinghamshire, photo post
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The Workhouse, Southwell
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On what turned out to be an exceptionally sunny day in May I decided to head out to The Workhouse in Southwell. It’s a National Trust property and although it’s a bit of a trek to get to on public transport, it proved to be well worth a visit.
Categories: England, Nottinghamshire
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The Museum of Nottingham Life at Brewhouse Yard
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Recently I decided to visit the Museum of Nottingham Life at Brewhouse Yard which, as I mentioned in my post about Nottingham Light Night, I didn’t think I’d visited before, though it actually appears I may have made a trip there when I was at primary school. Regardless it all felt new and has certainly undergone some changes since that trip. It is based just around the corner from the entrance to Nottingham Castle, right next to Ye Olde Trip To Jerusalem and traces the social history of Nottingham over the past 300 years. It spans five 17th century houses and includes a school room, kitchen and bedroom, shop fronts such as grocers and pharmacies and an air raid shelter from the Second World War.
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