Friends of Woodthorpe Grange Park 2018
Items of Local Historical and Topical Interest
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Henry Ashwell (1828-1909) of Woodthorpe Grange.
Nottingham Suburban Railway, Sherwood Station.
1933 – 1945 The Road to War and Peace, a timeline of events that chart activities that took place before and after the Second World War.
By Paul R. Swift, “An Accidental Environmentalist,” A short story of how I became involved in litter picking and caring for the environment on Woodthorpe Grange Park
Enclosure, Improvement and the Rise of `New Nottingham' 1845-67 by Prof. John Beckett and Ken Brand.
To read about Nottingham’s Green Open Spaces during World War 2, click on the attached illustration.
Sherwood Historical Timeline
History of St. Martin’s Church, Sherwood, Nottingham
By Paul R. Swift: A Day of Common Celebration. The day King George V and Queen Mary visited Woodthorpe Park and later to go on to open the Trent Building at the University College of Nottingham Highfields Park campus on Tuesday 10th July, 1928.
Courtesy of Nottingham Local Studies Library, click on the left hand image to view the programme of events that marked the opening of Woodthorpe Grange Park on Tuesday 1st June, 1922.