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Carrington Street, Nottingham
Carrington Street is a street in Nottingham city centre between Nottingham station and Broadmarsh. History The street was laid out by Henry Moses Wood, Surveyor in 1828. The opportunity offered by the construction of this new road was taken to install a large culvert in circumference as a storm drain, to carry water to the River Leen. The River Leen was dredged by approximately to provide additional capacity. In 1842 a bridge was constructed over the Nottingham and Beeston Canal to provide access to Nottingham Carrington Street railway station. The bridge costing £6,000 () was partly sponsored by the Midland Counties' Railway. It contained an inscription which read: This bridge was commenced in August, 1841, J.M.B. Pigot M.D., Mayor, and completed in October, 1842, R. Morley Esq., Mayor, H.M. Wood, Architect. The bridge was widened in 1904 when the new Nottingham station was erected. Having crossed the canal, the street arrived at Nottingham Carrington Street railway st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gilbert Smith Doughty
Captain Gilbert Smith Doughty (1862 – 18 December 1909) CE was an architect based in Nottingham and Matlock. History Doughty was born in Nottinghamshire in 1862, the son of Edwin Doughty and Annie Smith. He was a pupil at University School, Nottingham and then studied at the Nottingham School of Art and in 1879 his design for a mantlepiece and glass was included in the annual exhibition. On 12 April 1894 he married May Edgcombe Rendle in Winslow. He served for a time in the Robin Hood Rifles, and in 1894 was appointed a captain. He resigned his commission on 13 May 1896. In 1893 he took over the practice of George Edward Statham in Matlock. He died in 1909 of alcoholism at his home in Prebend Mansions, Chiswick. Works *New Lace Factory, Ilkeston Junction. 1886–87 * St Paul's Church, Hyson Green Nottingham. 1889–91 Addition of the chancel. * Smedley's Hydro, Matlock 1892–94 new heating facility and baths (completed from plans by Statham) *The Borough Club, King St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Peter's Church, Nottingham
St Peter's Church, formally The Church of St Peter with St James, is an Anglican parish church in the city centre of Nottingham, England. It is part of the parish of All Saints', St Mary's and St Peter's, Nottingham. The church is Grade I listed by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport as a building of outstanding architectural or historic interest. History St Peter's is one of the three mediaeval parish churches in Nottingham, the others being St Mary's and St Nicholas. The parish of St. James' Church, Standard Hill, founded in 1807 was united with St Peter's in 1933 and the official title "St Peter with St James" came into being. (St James's was demolished a few years later; some monuments from St James's are preserved in St Peter's.) The church shows traces of many stages of construction from about 1180 onwards (the original church of around 1100 was destroyed by fire). List of incumbents Music St Peter's has a new organ, a choir and a series of Saturday mornin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert Edward Lambert
Albert Edward Lambert FRIBA (27 May 1869 – 5 November 1929) was an architect based in Nottingham, England. Family He was born in Manton in Rutland on 27 May 1869. He was the son of John Lambert and Louisa. By 1871 the family had moved to Draycott in Derbyshire and in 1881 the family were living at the Grocers Shop & Cottage, Wetheral, Cumberland, England. In the 1891 census, he was living at 7 Wilfred Street in Derby, with his mother Louisa, and brother George. Albert's profession is given as Architect's assistant. In 1895 he was living a6 Norfolk Street, Derby He married Annie Elizabeth Robinson, daughter of Michael H Robinson (butcher and farmer) and Ann, at the end of 1897. In 1901 he was living at 8 Douglas Road, Nottingham and he subsequently lived on Richmond Drive and then Woodland Drive in Mapperley Park in Nottingham. His daughter Jessie Kathleen was born on 18 April 1901. In 1911, he was living at Hillcrest, Warwick Road, Nottingham, (1911 UK Census) and then m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter Owen Hickson
Walter Owen Hickson (1863 – 8 October 1915) was an architect and surveyor based in Nottingham. History He was born in 1863 in Bottesford, Leicestershire, the son of William Hickson of Easthorpe Manor, Bottesford and Mary Ann Owen. He trained as a surveyor and architect in Nottingham and much of his output was dwelling houses, warehouses and hotels. He was employed by Sydney Pierrepont, 3rd Earl Manvers in the 1890s to erect estate buildings in Thoresby Park. In 1899 he was appointed a director of the Aspley Engineering Company. In 1903 his office was at 13 Victoria Street in Nottingham. He died on 8 October 1915 at St Andrew's Hospital in Northampton and left an estate valued at £5,646 4s 7d (). Works *Shops and houses. 33-37 Chilwell Road, Beeston 1887 *Ten Cottages. 112-130 Chilwell Road, Beeston 1887 *Thorseby Estate Almshouses, Perlethorpe, Nottinghamshire 1894 *Bentinck Hotel, Carrington Street, Nottingham Carrington Street is a street in Nottingham city centre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Watson Fothergill
Watson Fothergill (12 July 1841 – 6 March 1928) was a British architect who designed over 100 unique buildings in Nottingham in the East Midlands of England, his influences were mainly from the Gothic Revival and Old English vernacular architecture styles. His work dates from 1864 (when he set himself up in practice) to around 1912. His earliest surviving known building dates from 1866. Early life Born Fothergill Watson in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire in 1841, he was the son of wealthy Nottingham Lace merchant Robert Watson and Mary Ann Fothergill. He changed his name to Watson Fothergill in 1892 to continue his maternal family name. Family He married Anne Hage in 1867 at St. John's Church, Mansfield. They had the following children: *Marian Watson (1868–1955) *Annie Forbes Watson (1869–1930) *Edith Mary Watson (1871–1936) *Eleanor Fothergill Watson (1872–1946) *Samuel Fothergill Watson (1875–1915) *Harold H Watson (1877-1905) *Clarice Watson (1877–1955) Hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Dymock Pratt
William Dymock Pratt (22 December 1854 – 12 August 1916) was an architect based in Nottingham, England Biography Pratt was born in Sneinton on 22 December 1854, the son of Nathan Pratt of Gedling Lodge in Nottinghamshire. He was articled to W. H. Martin, and then with Adams and Kelly in Leeds. From 1877 to 1884 he was in partnership with James Edwin Truman as Truman and Pratt, at Cauldon Chambers, Long Row, Nottingham. From 1884 he practised alone in Nottingham. On 4 September 1884 he married Lillian Edith Cropper, eldest daughter of Alderman Cropper, of Nottingham. They had two daughters, Murial Edith Amy Pratt (b. 1885) and Gwendoline Ursula Pratt (b.1890). He died on 12 August 1916 at Bleasby, Nottinghamshire, leaving an estate valued at £17,556 11s. 11d. (). Works *Granby Hotel, Carrington Street, Nottingham 1886 with James Edwin Truman * St Matthew's Church, Talbot Street Nottingham 1887 restoration and re-ordering *Bakery, Bridlesmith Gate, Nottingham 1890 *Brick ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nottingham Magistrates' Court
Nottingham Magistrates' Court is a magistrates' court in Nottingham, England. History Until 1996, Nottingham magistrates were housed in two separate buildings, the Guildhall and the Shire Hall. In 1996, all magistrates were moved to the new Nottingham Magistrates' Court building, and the old buildings were closed. The Shire Hall subsequently was converted into the Galleries of Justice. The Nottingham Guildhall is occupied by Nottingham City Council. Description The building was designed by the Nottingham County Council Architect's Department with William Saunders Partnership and Cullen, Carter and Hill.Pevsner Architectural Guides. Nottingham. Yale University Press. . It sits on the site of Nottingham Carrington Street railway station and the gateposts still frame the pathway from Carrington Street to the court. There are 18 courtrooms in the main block, with six courtrooms in the Youth and Family block. The complex of buildings also includes the Bridewell Police Station ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Midland Railway
The Midland Railway (MR) was a railway company in the United Kingdom from 1844. The Midland was one of the largest railway companies in Britain in the early 20th century, and the largest employer in Derby, where it had its headquarters. It amalgamated with several other railways to create the London, Midland and Scottish Railway at grouping in 1922. The Midland had a large network of lines emanating from Derby, stretching to London St Pancras, Manchester, Carlisle, Birmingham, and the South West. It expanded as much through acquisitions as by building its own lines. It also operated ships from Heysham in Lancashire to Douglas and Belfast. A large amount of the Midland's infrastructure remains in use and visible, such as the Midland main line and the Settle–Carlisle line, and some of its railway hotels still bear the name '' Midland Hotel''. History Origins The Midland Railway originated from 1832 in Leicestershire / Nottinghamshire, with the purpose of serving the ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert Nelson Bromley
Albert Nelson Bromley (15 July 1850 – 16 August 1934) was an English architect based in Nottingham."Brodie" (2001), pg.263 History He was born in Stafford on 15 July 1850, the son of Charles Nelson Bromley, a surgeon (1817–1853) and Emma Bakewell (1819–1907). His father died two years later and the family moved to Nottingham, where they lived with Bromley's maternal uncle, the architect and surveyor Frederick Bakewell (architect), Frederick Bakewell. Bromley was educated in Nottingham, and then at Mr George Shipley's academy, a boarding school in Lincoln. In 1867 he was articled to his uncle but by 1871 he was back in Lincoln and working as an ''architect's clerk'' in Henry Goddard (architect), Henry Goddard's architectural practice. Then from 1872 he spent the next 14 months travelling in Greece, Turkey and the United States. He returned to London and 1874 was working in the office of Charles Barry Jr., Charles Barry, junior. He then returned to Nottingham and 1875 he w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Evans (Jun)
Robert Evans FRIBA (25 February 1863 – 16 August 1927) was an English architect based in Nottingham. History He was born on 25 February 1863, in Nottingham, the son of Robert Evans JP and Sarah Ann Mulcock. He was educated at Rugby School and then articled to the firm of Evans and Jolley, in which his father was a partner. In 1894, when William Jolley left the partnership, father and son set up in partnership as Evans and Son. After the death of his father he was in a partnership with John Thomas Clark and John Woollatt as Evans, Clark and Woollatt. He was appointed a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects in 1905 Robert Evans married Constance Katherine Holland, daughter of Charles Ashby Holland on 19 April 1893 at Hartshill, Staffordshire. They lived in Ravine House, Lenton Road, The Park, Nottingham and had three children: *Gwendolin Mary Evans (b. 1894) *Edith Cecily Evans (b. 1896) *Robert Holland Evans (b. 1904) He died on 16 August 1927 and left an esta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nottingham Corporation Tramways
Nottingham Corporation Tramways was formed when Nottingham Corporation took over the Nottingham and District Tramways Company Limited, which had operated a horse and steam tram service from 1877. Nottingham Corporation Tramways 1898 – Planning In the early part of the year a deputation from Nottingham Corporation visited the cable-operated tramway system at Edinburgh and the overhead electric systems at Bristol and Dover, with the result that on 28 March the Tramways Committee recommended to the City Council that the proposed electric tramways should be operated on the overhead electric system. At an estimated cost of £425,000 (),, electric tramways were proposed as follows: #Market Place to Trent Bridge via Arkwright Street. #From tramway 1 via Greyfriar Gate or Canal Street, continuing via Castle Boulevard, Lenton Boulevard, Radford Boulevard and Gregory Boulevard to Mansfield Road. #From tramway 2 via Wilford Road and the Victoria Embankment to Trent Bridge. #Market P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nottingham And District Tramways Company Limited
Nottingham and District Tramways Company Limited was a tramway operator from 1875 to 1897 based in Nottingham in the United Kingdom. Nottingham Tramways Company 1872-1875 Plans for tramways in the town of Nottingham started at least as early as 1870 and sufficient progress was made by several prominent business men to formally establish the Nottingham Tramways Company in 1872. The Corporation Highways Committee reported on 8 January 1872 that the Nottingham Tramways Company Limited has asked for consent to an application to the Board of Trade for a provisional order authorising them to construct tramways to Arnold, Beeston, Bulwell and Carlton. No plans for this proposed network survive in the local archives in Nottingham. In November 1872 the company issued notice that they intended to submit a Bill to Parliament for the operation of tramways in Nottingham. The proposed network made no mention of Arnold or Beeston but comprised a line from a terminus on Forest Rd at its ju ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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