ALBERT BALL V.C.
Albert Ball was one of Nottingham’s most decorated servicemen. He was a quiet, shy boy but became patrol leader of his local scout troop ...

BLACK COMMUNITY HISTORY
Nottingham has long associations with the black community. In the Nottingham Journal, of Friday 8 August 1834, one week after...

GENERAL WILLIAM BOOTH
It can be said that William Booth’s Salvation Army was a product of his early life in Nottingham. He was born on 10 April 1829 in Sneinton ...

LORD BYRON
George Gordon Byron (1788-1824), sixth Baron Byron of Rochdale in the English peerage, was one of England’s greatest romantic poets ...

CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTORS
When Britain became involved in the First World War in August 1914 sending The British Expeditionary Force to France there was ...

FAMILY HISTORY
Throughout time our ancestors have suffered many hardships – war, poverty, disease and famine, they have struggled through times...

FRAMEWORK KNITTERS
Before the time of Queen Elizabeth I, stockings were usually knitted by hand of very coarse woollen thread, or, if desired to be cool and...

D. H. LAWRENCE
The controversial writer and artist, David Herbert Lawrence, was born on 11th September 1885 in the small mining town of Eastwood...

LUDDITES
Luddites was a term given to frame breakers, in the years between 1811 and 1817. It was coined around the mythical figure of Ned ...

MAYFLOWER PILGRIMS AND NOTTS SEPARATISTS
The importance of Nottinghamshire in the history of religious radicalism, leading to the Mayflower voyage...

MEDICAL OFFICERS OF HEALTH
Until recently little was recorded about these three men, Edward Seaton, Sir Arthur Whitelegge and Philip Boobbyer...

4TH DUKE OF NEWCASTLE
The Fourth duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne (1785-1851) was one of the most important figures in early-19th century Nottinghamshire.

NOTTINGHAM ARCHITECTS
Ken Brand discusses the distinctive architectural work of T C Hine, Watson Fothergill and W R Gleave and their enduring legacy...

NOTTINGHAM DAY NURSERY AND ORPHANAGE
At the end of the 19th century the main employment for working-class women in Nottingham was ...

NOTTINGHAM'S DEAF HERITAGE
Nottinghamshire Deaf Society (NDS) was formed in 1890 to support the Deaf Community in Nottinghamshire ...

THE NOTTINGHAM SOCIETY FOR ORGANISING CHARITY
The Charity Organisation Society were founded in England in 1869 following the 'Goschen Minute'...

THE POLISH COMMUNITY
The invasion of Poland in 1939 by the German Third Reich sparked off the Second World War which continued over the next five years ..

DUCHESS OF PORTLAND
Born 7 September 1863, Winifred Anna Dallas-Yorke, was the only daughter of Thomas and Francis Dallas-Yorke ...

ROBIN HOOD
Robin Hood, renowned outlaw, adventurer and hero of old, has somehow managed to forge himself an identity ...

THE SHERWOOD FORESTERS
In 1881 the 45th and 95th Regiments of Foot were brought together with the Militia of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire...

DR ROBERT THOROTON
Robert Thoroton was born in the morning of 4 October 1623, the eldest of six children born to Robert Thoroton of Car Colston...

WOMEN'S HISTORY IN NOTTINGHAM
Women have made an important contribution to the history of Nottingham despite their absence...

JAMES ARTHUR WOODFORD
James Arthur Woodford will always be remembered by Nottingham for two important pieces that remain as a celebration to his life and work...