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Nottingham Photographic Memories
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Memories of Gonalston
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My parents married in this church on 10th December 1960.
I was christened here in 1962. My father's ashes were scattered in the churchyard in 1993. To my family this is a special place.
Shared on 01 October 2006
The 79th Boy Scout Group of which my father Bert Lacey was Scout master for on a number of years used to take us camping on a farm close to Farnsfield, I think it was called Combes Farm. We would get there down a lane off the Ollerton Road. If any none remembers this camp site please let me know. As... [more]
Shared on 04 June 2009
On my grandmother's side, the Hornbuckle family dates back to this Church and this town from the early 1500's. So if you see any headstone's in the local cemetary saying HORNBUCKLE, "GAULTER OR WALTER", they are related to me.
He actually left his money to the Church for needed repairs and for something called MILN Brig....if anyone knows... [more]
Shared on 28 March 2008
My Dad, Sid Brooks was the rural village police constable (P.c.200) for Cropwell Butler, Cropwell Bishop and Tythby We, Mum (Dorothy) and my younger brother Mick lived in the Police House on Radcliffe Road, There was an old fashioned stem type phone connected to the manual exchange. Dad’s means of transport for work was a sit up and... [more]
Shared on 18 January 2008
Extracts From Gonalston & Nottinghamshire books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Gonalston, inspired by Frith photos.
Newark Photographic Memories Pocket Album
For centuries, the repair of bridges and maintenance of roads was the responsibility of the parishes in which they were situated, though important crossing points were often maintained through a levy raised from a number of parishes. Between 1678 and 1695 the parish of Kelham was indicted on numerous occasions for failing to repair 'a footbridge situate near the eastern end... [more]
This is an extract from Newark Photographic Memories Pocket Album.
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Newark Photographic Memories Pocket Album
Newark owes much of its development to the fact that Henry I gave Alexander, Bishop of Lincoln, permission to divert the route of the Fosse Way through the town. In the late 17th century the main road from Nottingham to Newark went via Charlton (Carlton), Burton, Gunthorp (Gunthorpe), Horingham Ferry (Hoveringham), Bleasby Ferry and Stoak (Stoke) where it joined the Fosse... [more]
This is an extract from Newark Photographic Memories Pocket Album.
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Newark Photographic Memories Pocket Album
This view shows Trent Bridge with the Ossington on the left, the castle on the right and the spire of St Mary Magdalen in the background. One interesting fact about St Mary's is that the 252?ft-high spire is thirty feet longer than the ground plan of the main body of the building.
This is an extract from Newark Photographic Memories Pocket Album.
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