The Willougby family resided at Wollaton until the late 19th century before letting it to a series of tenants. By 1881 the house stood empty before it was purchased by theNottinghamCity Council as a venue for the Nottingham Natural History Museum. Natural History Museum The beautiful Tudor hou...
Council housing in Nottingham is an essential part of the city's history and identity. The slums of the nineteenth century laid the foundations for the surge of construction activity in the twentieth. Between the wars, Nottingham was recognised as one of the largest and fastest builders of counc...
Newstead Abbey was founded around 1170 for the Black Canons of the Augustinian order. The abbey's location near the royal hunting ground of Sherwood Forest meant that it was required to host royal visitors on numerous occasions, and the cost of doing so stretched the finances of the abbey. E...
The ‘caves’ of the City of Nottingham: their geology, history, extent and implications for engineers and planners : J. C. Walsby, D. J. Lowe & A. Forster. The engineering geology of weak rock. Proc. conference, Leeds, 1990, ed J.C. Cripps & others, (Balkema; Engineering Geology ...
1072 Treaty of Abernethy. Terms agreed between Malcolm and William the Conqueror who had an army as well as a network of fortifications at Warwick, Nottingham and York which secured the south and the Midlands. According to the Anglo Saxon Chronicle, Canmore became William’s man and gave him ...
Strauss, Sheila M., Wollaton and Wollaton Hall, A Short History (Nottingham: Nottingham City Council Leisure Department, 1989) And it turns out that you can even buy a vintage travel poster for Wollaton Hall – just goes to show how popular visiting stately stacks and natural history museums ...
In this guided walk around Nottingham City Centre, we will be exploring some episodes related to Nottingham’s proud tradition of independent bookshops and radical publishing. Utilising primary sources, we will listen to the echoes of incredible people’s voices and remember some of their courageous...
Snell accompanied us to the city when he shewed me several of the ancient places and buildings worthy of note for he was a very learned antiquary. He also took me to the sugar Exchange (Franklyn and sons) in Mincing Lane where he was in the habit of sitting as chairman for he was a...
As a result, British pubs are often old and well preserved.Many of them have become historic sites.The most famous example is the pub in the city of Nottingham called " Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem", which dates back to the year 1189 AD and is probably the oldest pub in England. ...
of modern Nottingham. They also acquired Cossal and the following century added the estate of Middleton in Warwickshire to their portfolio. As they made good marriages and acquired land they became part of the gentry and served in various administrative capacities. In 1427, Hugh Willoughby served ...