Nottingham Central Library | |
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52°56′58″N1°08′53″W / 52.9495°N 1.1481°W | |
Location | United Kingdom |
Type | Public lending library |
Established | April 13, 1868 |
Other information | |
Website | www |
Nottingham Central Library is the name given to the main public lending library in Nottingham, England. The library at Angel Row was closed to public in 2020 with the contents placed into storage, contingent upon a new building becoming available. The new building was opened in November 2023, closer to the railway station. [1]
The first Nottingham Public Lending Library opened on 13 April 1868. [2] It was opened by Mayor John Barber. It contained almost 10,000 books, 400 members signed up on the first day and 70,512 books were issued in the first year.
It started life on Thurland Street in premises formerly used by Artizans’ Library. The Artizans’ library had been founded in 1824. [3]
The Thurland Street premises eventually proved to be inadequate and a new building was erected on Sherwood Street in 1879 adjoining University College. In 1932 this was extended when a new reading hall was added, and a gymnasium was provided for staff (a feature unique in libraries in the country). [4] The architect for the extension and improvements was the city engineer, Thomas Wallis Gordon. [5]
In 1964, there was some controversy when the Chief Librarian, F.C. Tighe, withdrew Enid Blyton’s “The Adventures of Noddy’’ and nearly all her other works because he felt they did not use a sufficiently wide vocabulary. [6]
In 1977 the library moved again to a property on Angel Row. This building had originally been built between 1898 and 1899 by the architect Harry Gill as a shop and warehouse for Henry Barker. It was converted by Michael Tempest and Colin McIntosh of the Nottinghamshire County Architect's Department for use as a library. [7]
By the late 2010s the facility was again found inadequate and Nottingham City Council planned a £10m relocation as part of the redevelopment of the Broadmarsh Shopping Centre when creating a new southside gateway to the city, close to the rail station. Closure of the Angel Row site on 20 March 2020 was part of the COVID-19 lockdown precautions, [8] followed by intended sale of the building for redevelopment. [9] The main content of books and documentary records were placed into storage until the new location, in a redevelopment-complex adjacent to the new Broadmarsh bus station, could be finished and fitted out. No firm opening date was available. [10] [11] [12]
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Carlton Town Football Club is a semi-professional football club based in Gedling, Nottinghamshire, England. Founded in 1904 as Sneinton Football Club, its early years were marked by considerable local success, leading to the club being described by the Manchester Courier in 1909 as "the leading amateur football club in Nottingham". Its reputation declined for several decades afterwards, with the team participating in obscure county divisions until the 1995–96 season saw the club join the nationwide league system. Carlton currently competes in the Northern Premier League Division One East at the eighth tier of the English football pyramid.
Mansfield railway station is a railway station which serves the town of Mansfield in Nottinghamshire, England. Alternatively it is named Mansfield Town, to distinguish itself from the GCR's former Mansfield Central and Mansfield Woodhouse's station. The station is 17 miles (27 km) north of Nottingham on the Robin Hood Line, and is managed by East Midlands Railway. The station building is Grade II listed.
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Reuben Bosworth was a watch and clockmaker in Nottingham.
Captain Gilbert Smith Doughty CE was an architect based in Nottingham and Matlock.
The Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Bank was a joint stock bank which operated from its headquarters in Nottingham from 1834 to 1919.
Severn's Building is a Grade II listed building dating from the 15th century in the English city of Nottingham. Originally located in the city's Middle Pavement, it was relocated to the junction of Castle Road and Castle Gate around 1970.
Robert Clarke was an architect based in Nottingham.
John Collyer was an architect based in Nottingham.
Francis Williamson was a British surveyor and architect based in Nottingham.
Burrows Court is a high-rise residential building in the Sneinton neighbourhood in Nottingham, United Kingdom. The tower block was built in 1967 to a height of 61 metres (200 ft), and has 21 floors in total, and is the third tallest residential building in Nottingham. The building originally consisted of 130 one- and two-bedroom flats. Decommissioned by Nottingham City Council in 2005 due to low demand and drug dealing in the area, the building stood empty and was described as an "eyesore" until renovations were completed in 2021.
Arthur Brown M.Inst. C.E. was City Engineer for Nottingham, England from 1880 to 1919.