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In 1998, Nottingham City Council regained responsibility for county-level services from Nottinghamshire County Council. The way this change was implemented was to create a new non-metropolitan county of Nottingham covering the same area as the existing district, but with no separate county council; instead the existing city council took on ...
Nottingham (/ ˈ n ɒ t ɪ ŋ ə m / ⓘ NOT-ing-əm, locally / ˈ n ɒ t n ʊ m /) is a city and unitary authority area in Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, England. It is located 33 miles (53 km) south-east of Sheffield and 45 miles (72 km) north-east of Birmingham. Nottingham is the legendary home of Robin Hood and to the lace-making, bicycle ...
The Council House Dome Council House dome during Nottingham Light Night 2012. The most striking visual element of the building, and in itself an iconic symbol of the city, is the dome. An ornate cupola stands on the apex of the dome. [1] The top of the cupola is 200 feet (61 m) above the Old Market Square below. [17]
However, the daily lectionary, devised by the Roman Catholic Church and adopted by the Church of England (among others), provides more material. The CCT has also produced a volume of daily readings. [1] The Church of England has augmented the RCL by the provision of readings for second and third services.
1693 – Nottingham Waterworks Company established. 1723 – Bluecoat school built. [9] 1726 – Nottingham Exchange built. 1732 – Richard Arkwright the inventor was born. 1741 – Nottingham Journal newspaper begins publication. [10] 1743 – Chapel Bar, the last remaining medieval city gate was demolished for the widening of the road.
Nottingham Central Library, internal, 1st floor stacks, October 2024. By the late 2010s the facility was again found inadequate and Nottingham City Council planned a £10m relocation as part of the redevelopment of the Broadmarsh Shopping Centre when creating a new southside gateway to the city, close to the rail station.
By the Council of Trent the Reformation challenged the Catholic Church, and the "rediscovery" of the Greek New Testament presented new opportunities for divergent renditions by translators, so the issue of unauthorised vernacular Bible reading came to the foreground, with cardinals from Romance-language backgrounds (i.e. France, Spain, Italy ...
LeftLion is a monthly arts and culture magazine and website based in Nottingham, England.The publication takes its name from a stone statue in Nottingham's Old Market Square, also known colloquially as 'the left lion', which has served as a meeting point for city residents since Nottingham Council House was built in 1929.