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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.
History: Ruins of the medieval castle, exhibits about the castle's history and Newark's Civil War heritage Newark Town Hall Museum & Art Gallery: Newark-on-Trent: Newark and Sherwood: Art: website, collection of paintings, furniture, ceremonial silver and civic gifts Newstead Abbey Historic House & Gardens: Ravenshead: Gedling: Historic house
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 ...
Reuben (Rubens) has one painting in the collection of the Merchant Adventurers' Hall in York, two in the British Postal Museum & Archive [27] and others in the Nottingham Castle Museum collection, while their father has a number of paintings in Nottingham Castle Museum and also in the Nottinghamshire Archives, Nottingham Central Library, and ...
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 Wapentakes in 1832. Nottinghamshire is a county that is situated in the East Midlands of England. The county has history within the Palaeolithic period, dating anywhere between 500,000 and 10,000 BCE, [1] as well as early Anglo-Saxon communities, dating to 600 CE. [2]
A memorial at County Hall, to the Nottinghamshire volunteers of the British Battalion was unveiled by the Spanish Ambassador to Britain. 1994 Recycling centres open. [29] 32 fascists from ex-coalfields in Notts/Derby arrested after causing damage and assault in Nottingham's 'Mushroom Books' on 15 January.