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There is a further group of 12 two-bedroom houses that were built earlier in 1889, in Sherwood, as Sir John Robinson alms houses in honour of his son's 21st birthday. [ citation needed ] References
Nottingham Forest Football Club first played their games on the Forest after their formation in 1865, hence the club's name. [1] [2] [3] Standing at the Mansfield Road entrance is Forest Lodge, built in 1857. This Grade II listed building was originally used as a Police or Keeper's Lodge and a police cell can still be seen at basement level.
The ward of Sherwood (which includes some adjacent neighbourhoods) is represented by Nottingham City Council and has three Labour Party councillors. [3] It lies in the Nottingham East parliamentary constituency, which from 1992 until 2010 was represented by MP John Heppell, and from 2010 by Chris Leslie, who was elected with a majority of 6,969. [4]
In the early part of the twentieth century, horse-drawn trams ran along Mansfield Road to the stables and depot between St. John's Church and Watcombe Road. Later, this line was extended to Sherwood and upgraded to electric trams. The tram depot was replaced by Carrington Lido (open air swimming pool) and, later still, by a town-house development.
The Ontario branch library hours at the Richland Mall are 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays; and 1 to 5 p.m. Sundays. Call the ...
This tunnel was once home to a rifle club. This portal is found at the south end of Porchester Road on the opposite side of Carlton Road, Nottingham. [3] Thorneywood Tunnel is a 408-yard-long tunnel south of Sherwood Tunnel with its north portal in a short cutting off Mickleborough Avenue, Nottingham. [3] This portal has also been covered with ...
The Old Manor, Skegby Kruck Cottage Quaker House Skegby . Several old buildings and features can be found in Skegby, including the Pinfold on Mansfield Road, which dates from the 18th century, the Troughs on Old Road, which are thought to be over 200 years old, the 17th century Quaker House on Mansfield Road, the 16th century Kruck Cottage and Skegby Hall, which was built in 1720 on the site ...
The forest was part of ancient Sherwood Forest, originally called Clipstone Heath it was replanted with pine trees by Forestry England and renamed Sherwood Pines. [2] There are the remains of Mansfield's 18th century main coach road leading to the Great North Road, and a medieval route from Kings Clipstone to Bilsthorpe, some of the medieval heath land and shroggs survive.