Items of Historical Interest
Courtesy of the Nottinghamshire Archives, a photographed copy of the auctioneers brochure from 1921 when it was decided to sell the Woodthorpe Estate in five separate lots.
Courtesy of Nottingham Local Studies Library, click on the left hand image to view the programme of events that marked the opening of Woodthorpe Grange Park on Tuesday 1st June, 1922.
A short report on Woodthorpe Gardens, the road that was never completed.
King George V and Queen Mary visit Woodthorpe Grange Park on Tuesday 10th July, 1928.
King George V and Queen Mary officially open the Trent Building, University College, Nottingham, Highfields Park, Tuesday 10th July, 1928.
By Paul R. Swift: A Day of Common Celebration. The day King George V and Queen Mary visited Woodthorpe Park and later to go on to open the Trent Building at the University College of Nottingham Highfields Park campus on Tuesday 10th July, 1928.
Programme of events held in Nottingham to Celebrate Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II Coronation on 2nd June, 1953.
The Grange: Woodthorpe Park’s Curio.
Henry Ashwell (1828-1909) of Woodthorpe Grange.
Nottingham Suburban Railway, Sherwood Station.
Enclosure, Improvement and the Rise of `New Nottingham' 1845-67 by Prof. John Beckett and Ken Brand.
Sherwood Historical Timeline.
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Sherwood Looks To Tomorrow: And So Must We All (Nottinghamshire Observer, July 1969)
“A Warning from the Past,” May 2025
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Sherwood: The namesake that forged its own identity (Nottingham Topic, June 1974)
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History of St. Martin’s Church, Trevose Gardens, Sherwood.
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Short History of Mapperley, Nottingham.
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Front page news from the Nottingham Evening Post for the 11th November 1918. Proclaiming the Armistice and the end of World War One.
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As reported in the Nottingham Evening Post for Friday the 11th of November, 1927, to read the full transcript of the unveiling of the Memorial Gates, Victoria Embankment, Nottingham, click on the adjoining icon.
To read an excerpt from the Nottingham Official Handbook for 1936 entitled Parks and Open Spaces, click on the adjoining icon.
Order of Service for the Eighth Annual Service of Remembrance at the Mapperley War Memorial, Woodborough Road, Sunday July 6th, 1930.
The Meadows Historical Timeline.
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