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During much of the 20th century the county council was based at the old Shire Hall in the Lace Market in central Nottingham. [1] After deciding that the existing premises were inadequate for their needs, county leaders decided to procure a new building: the site they selected had been occupied by the Castle Cricket Ground.
Nottinghamshire County Council: Showing the first time Robin Hood meets Little John. [11] The Oil Patch Warrior: Rufford Country Park, Ollerton: 1991: Jay O'Meilia: Statue: Bronze: 2.14 metres (7 ft 0 in) high Parkwood Outdoor: Commemorating the site of secret Second World War oil wells, drilled by American oil workers to assist Britain’s war ...
Over the centuries, the courts and prison were developed and enlarged. In 1724, the courtroom floor collapsed. The Nottingham Courant in March 1724 recorded: [3]. On Monday morning after the Judge had gone into the County Hall, and a great crowd of people being there, a tracing or two that supported the floor broke and fell in and several people fell in with it, about three yards into the ...
Claude Thomas Stanfield Moore (1 June 1853 [1] – 2 April 1901 [2]) was a British artist from Nottingham who flourished from 1876 [3] until his death in 1901. He was initially a landscape artist, but became better known for his maritime scenes and views over the Thames.
This list of museums in Nottinghamshire, England contains museums which are defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available ...
Each mural was the work of local artist Noel Denholm Davis. The artist used local celebrities as models. Thus T. Cecil Howitt himself appears in the guise of William the Conqueror's surveyor, and Notts County F.C. goalkeeper Albert Iremonger as Little John. The inscription around the base of the dome reads: "The Corporation of Nottingham ...
The town became a county corporate in 1449, giving it effective self-government, in the words of the charter, "for eternity". [23] The Castle and Shire Hall were expressly excluded and technically remained as detached Parishes of Nottinghamshire.
Nottinghamshire (/ ˈ n ɒ t ɪ ŋ ə m ʃ ər,-ʃ ɪər /; [4] abbreviated Notts.) is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands of England. The county borders South Yorkshire to the north-west, Lincolnshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south, and Derbyshire to the west.