1. Whiston: People who live around the hill on Mansfield Rd, which rises from the…
On 20th May 2009 David Snapper (who used to live, and work as a dentist,…
The view of the Sports Ground from our terrace has not changed a great deal…
Introduction These notes are based on my informal talk at the Mapperley ‘Very Local History…
These notes were provided for VLHG members as background reading prior to our walk on…
History Trevor Buck (in a paper entitled ‘Corporation Oaks’, 1983) tells us that Thomas Hawksley…
Michael Smith has an old connection with the Vernon Arms and I spotted these two…
Mansfield Road /Mapperley Road Nottingham Talk will cover: Background to the building of St Andrew’s…
This is a personal view, but I think there are three different aspects to researching…
1. Introduction This presentation covers the whole period from 1885 when The Gordon Boys Home…
With the passing of the Enclosure Act for Nottingham in 1845, the Enclosure Commissioners (Secretary…
When Edwin Patchitt died without heir in 1888, Thomas Isaac Birkin (1831 – 1923) bought…
Background For some years now I have been researching the creation of Bromley House, the…
Talk for VLHG on 14 January 2008 For illustrations, please click on the links. To…
BADDER AND PEAT’S PLAN OF NOTTINGHAM Nottingham’s First Brewery One half of a cave complex…
You might assume from the title of this talk that I am interested, even knowledgeable,…
1. Biographical notes from the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography by G. D. Rawle, rev.…
“A man of keen perception and brilliant parts, the late Mr Patchitt was greatly esteemed…
Introduction Did not set out to research the Birkin family history in the conventional way.…
Originally the parish of St Mary’s Nottingham extended out to the northern boundary of Nottingham…
Mapperley Park is entirely underlain by rocks of Triassic Age, having been deposited in a…
Bagthorpe Gardens are between Haydn Road and Hucknall Road and have been cultivated since 1840s.…
AN INCLOSURE is the changing of open fields, moorland and wastes into fenced areas, basically…
This presentation acknowledges the contribution of June Perry’s publication (see end) and Paul Watts’ History…
1882 map superimposed on Google Earth image On 2 March 2012 Rob Drury demonstrated the…
This is a shortened note of a talk given by Christine Drew at a joint…
Where was it and is it still there? The name BAGTHORPE was in normal use…
1. Malvern House is No 41 Mapperley Road, now a GP practice but built for…
I have been interested in a theme that has come up in our last few…
What to expect. This story was first told as a commentary on the maps and…
At the invitation of David Smalley, who knew of our interest in brick-making in Mapperley,…
This list is divided into five sections: 1. Understanding Title Deeds 2. Researching the history of…