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West Bridgford (/ ˈ b r ɪ dʒ f ər d /) is a town and the administrative centre of the Borough of Rushcliffe, in the county of Nottinghamshire, England.It lies south of Nottingham city centre, east of Wilford, north of Ruddington and west of Radcliffe-on-Trent; it is also south-west of Colwick and south-east of Beeston, which are on the opposite bank of the River Trent.
West Bridgford is a town and an unparished area in the Rushcliffe district of Nottinghamshire, England.The area contains 24 listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England.
West Bridgford was an Urban District in Nottinghamshire, England from 1894 to 1974. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It was created under the Local Government Act 1894 . It was enlarged in 1935 when the part of the civil parishes of South Wilford and Edwalton were transferred to the district.
A small organ dating from 1840 was bought in 1871 from St. Stephen's Church, Sneinton.It was sold to Lady Bay Church in 1898 when the next pipe organ by Charles Lloyd and Co built at a cost of £500 (equivalent to £71,100 in 2023) [4] was opened on 22 November 1899 [5] Although provision was made for three manuals, only two were initially fitted with pipes as an additional £300 was required ...
Boundary changes in April 1952 adjusted Nottingham's southern boundary in this area to follow the centre of the River Trent, transferring the County Hall site and other areas on the south bank of the Trent (including the nearby City Ground stadium of Nottingham Forest F.C.) to the neighbouring urban district of West Bridgford. [7]
Rushcliffe Civic Centre, West Bridgford: Council's offices 1982–2016. The council is based at the Ruscliffe Arena on Rugby Road in West Bridgford. The building is a combined leisure centre and council headquarters. The council moved into the new building in December 2016 and the leisure centre opened the following month. [15]
West Bridgford County Secondary School metal uniform badge, mid-1930s The houses were Cavendish, Chaworth, Manvers, Pierrepont, Musters, and Byron. Prof Robert Peers, the former Principal of University College Nottingham, gave a talk at the speech day on Thursday 14 November 1946. [ 1 ]
A community of mainly detached three and four-bedroom homes in West Bridgford arose. Constructed on "closes of land lying and being on the North West side of Loughborough Road in the Parish of Wilford in the County of Nottingham". It was mainly farmland until the early 1950s when local builders Frank Goulding Limited started building on the land.