Local history online for books, news, resources, information, courses and local history. The last time i was in the memorial hall was a family celebration in 1989 for my grandmas 90th birthday. Lambley is an english village and civil parish near nottingham, england, hardly touched by urbanisation, as it lies in a green belt. Arcadia publishing local and regional history books. In tolkiens own words the poem he wrote there on the 24 september was the start of his mythology. Gedling, a township and a parish in basford district, notts. Photos, maps, personal memories and local books of gedling. Lambley is a small village near nottingham, england and is mentioned in the domesday book of 1086 by the name of lambeleia. It is situated to the east of nottinghams city boundary, and forms the colwick ward within the local government district of gedling. For an overview of future meetings click view public calendar and select local history from the dropdown list.
About village books and paper dreams village books. In 1853 whites directories show gedling to have a rural population including two lady farmers, three shoemakers, a tailor, dressmaker, gamekeeper, gardener, builder and blacksmith this job. Gedling, a sporting village with neil kendrick postponed. The inspiration for the lord of the rings trilogy was penned in gedling. In september 1914 jrr tolkien, his life in crisis, visited his aunt janes farm in gedling, nottinghamshire. It is an allinclusive 5 km event in bestwood country park. The beautiful conservation village of gifford lies about twenty miles east of edinburgh and four miles south of haddington, east lothian. You can still order books by emailing us with queries or by calling jane on 07974609945. Penned by local experts, each images of america book weaves the history of a community in stories and rare photos, from its beginnings to today. Francis frith the uks leading publisher of local photographs since 1860. The old village of gedling is clustered around all hallows church, dating back to the mid th century, the drinking fountain of 1874, a war memorial, the ww1 memorial hall and the gedling. Gedling was once a distinct settlement, having been recorded in the domesday book, although nowadaysdue to the growth of nottinghamit is difficult to separate it from the neighbouring town of carlton. In the domesday book of 1086, carlton is referred to as carentune like other parts of nottingham, carlton grew up with the textile industry in the 19th century.
Netherfield photos, maps, books, memories francis frith. Carlton was a beacon hill in the seventeenth century, and no doubt long before, it is delineated in ogilbys book. Church history and war memorials welcome to all hallows. Burton joyce is a village in the parish of gedling district, with a population of just under 4,000. Local history books, as stocked in the museum shop. See all books memories of gedling read and share your memories of gedling itself or of a particular photo of gedling. Gedling house had not yet been build and gedling village is shown to the northeast. Fairhaven was a rather sorry looking place in 1979, brian griffin writes in his book fairhaven, a history. Gedling is a village in the gedling district, in nottinghamshire, england, four miles northeast of nottingham city centre.
Gedling, a village, a township, and a parish in notts. Shop local history books and collectibles abebooks. Gedling history trail page 2 county of nottinghamshire. Paper drams features local gifts and souviniers many. Gedling was once a distinct settlement, having been recorded in the domesday book. Gedling village was once a distinct settlement, which was recorded in the domesday book. Gedling photos, maps, books, memories francis frith. Gedling manor, formerly called gedling lodge, was at one time a shootingbox of the earls of chesterfield.
Nottinghamshire history a history of the parish of. Gedling, nottinghamshire genealogy heraldry and history. A display of images and stories, and a talk, exploring gedling station past, present and future. The township lies on an affluent of the river trent, adjacent to the nottingham and lincoln railway, near carlton r. Borough of gedling wikimili, the best wikipedia reader.
Gedling is a village in nottinghamshire, england, that is now a suburb of greater nottingham. Gedling is a substantial part of greater nottingham covering the most populated parts of the borough of the same name, it has mainly affluent, middleincome north eastern suburbs of nottingham that include arnold, burton joyce, carlton, colwick and gedling village, woodthorpe and mapperley plains. Set at the foot of the lammermuir hills the village makes an ideal base for exploring the history. The orientation of the two maps below is not the same, but. The event has been supported financially by gedling. Years of beats and bohemians, radicals and rogues, a history of greenwich village strausbaugh, john on. One of its most famous children was lord ralph cromwell. Carlton was a beacon hill in the seventeenth century, and no doubt long before, it is delineated in ogilbys book of roads. By opening their nowlegendary independent bookstore. Gedling is a village in nottinghamshire, england, four miles northeast of nottingham city centre. The civil parish of gedling was created in 1894, but in 1935 was merged into carlton urban district. Browse 30 photo books on gedling and the surrounding area.
Gedling was first settled in saxon times, taking its name from a chieftan called gedl, and was recorded in the domesday book. Now a suburban village enveloped towards nottingham by more modern housing, it grew from being a farming and frame knitting community as a result of mining at gedling. Some of that history is interconnected and, in developing this strategy, one of gedling. The township lies on an affluent of the river trent, adjacent. Browse and buy a vast selection of local history books and collectibles on. Since our office and factory are in a rural area, our staff travel to work individually by car and we have enough space.
The population at the 2011 census of the ward was 6,817 and 111,787 for the district. That was also the first time i had seen some relations on my paternal. An event organised by the friends of gedling station fogs and the gedling village. List of cities and towns in the united kingdom britannica. In tolkiens own words the poem he wrote there on the 24. Charles gerring, a history of the parish of gedling in the county of nottingham, 1908 facsimile printed by nottinghamshire county council 2000 also available on cd from archive cd books and anguline research archives c. Village government and taxation in later stuart nottinghamshire. The poplars, home to burton joyce fc, is a tenminute drive away. Gedling parish comprises the three townships of gedling, carlton and stoke bardolph, with a population of 2,922 souls and 4,490 acres of land. Yet they are also, as i have noted, liminal spaces, at a very narrow remove from the atavistic wild. The population recorded in the 2011 census was 1,247. This is an alphabetically ordered list of cities and towns in the united kingdom, arranged by constituent unit england, northern ireland, scotland, and wales and by administrative unit. Thank you for your continued support in these difficult times.