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Thomas Simpson (architect Of Nottingham)
Thomas Simpson (1816 - 16 March 1880) was an English architect based in Nottingham. Career He married Charlotte Lovett (1819-1848) in the Wesleyan Chapel, Melton Mowbray Melton Mowbray () is a town in Leicestershire, England, north-east of Leicester, and south-east of Nottingham. It lies on the River Eye, known below Melton as the Wreake. The town had a population 27,670 in 2019. The town is sometimes promo ... and they had the following children: *Alfred Simpson (1844-1847) *Mary Ann Simpson (1846-1939) *Charlotte Simpson (1848-1916) He married Rebecca Goodacre (1820-1899) on 17 April 1849 in St Paul’s Church, Nottingham and they had the following child: *Arthur Herbert Simpson (1854-1933) He represented St Mary’s Ward on the Nottingham Town Council, and later the Trent Ward. He died at his house in Baker Street, Nottingham on 16 March 1880. Notable works References {{DEFAULTSORT:Simpson, Thomas 1816 births 1880 deaths Architects from Nottingham ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nottingham - NG1 - Geograph
Nottingham ( , locally ) is a city and unitary authority area in Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, England. It is located north-west of London, south-east of Sheffield and north-east of Birmingham. Nottingham has links to the legend of Robin Hood and to the lace-making, bicycle and tobacco industries. The city is also the county town of Nottinghamshire and the settlement was granted its city charter in 1897, as part of Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee celebrations. Nottingham is a tourist destination; in 2018, the city received the second-highest number of overnight visitors in the Midlands and the highest number in the East Midlands. In 2020, Nottingham had an estimated population of 330,000. The wider conurbation, which includes many of the city's suburbs, has a population of 768,638. It is the largest urban area in the East Midlands and the second-largest in the Midlands. Its Functional Urban Area, the largest in the East Midlands, has a population of 919,484. The populatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nottingham High School
, motto_translation = Praise to the end , address = Waverley Mount , city = Nottingham , county = Nottinghamshire , postcode = NG7 4ED , country = England , coordinates = , type = Independent day school , established = , closed = , religious_affiliation = , founders = Dame Agnes Mellers, Sir Thomas Lovell and King Henry VIII , local_authority = Nottingham , urn = 122915 , ofsted = , head_label = Head , head = Headmaster of the Senior School:Mr Kevin FearHead of the Infant and Junior School:Clare Bruce , r_head_label = , r_head = , chair_label = Chairman of Governors , chair = Mr Steve Banks , staff = <130 , enrolment = Senior School: ~1056 Infant and Junior School: ~270 Totals: 987 , gender = since 2015; previously boys , lower_age = 4 , upper_age = 18 , h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melton Mowbray
Melton Mowbray () is a town in Leicestershire, England, north-east of Leicester, and south-east of Nottingham. It lies on the River Eye, known below Melton as the Wreake. The town had a population 27,670 in 2019. The town is sometimes promoted as Britain's "Rural Capital of Food", it is the home of the Melton Mowbray pork pie and is the location of one of six licensed makers of Stilton cheese. History Toponymy The name comes from the early English word Medeltone – meaning "Middletown surrounded by small hamlets" (as do Milton and Middleton). Mowbray is the Norman family name of early Lords of the Manor – namely Robert de Mowbray. Early history In and around Melton, there are 28 scheduled ancient monuments, some 705 buildings of special architectural or historical interest, 16 sites of special scientific interest, and several deserted village sites. Its industrial archaeology includes the Grantham Canal and remains of the Melton Mowbray Navigation. Windmill sites and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Paul's Church, George Street, Nottingham
St. Paul's Church, George Street, was a Church of England church built as a chapel of ease to St. Mary's Church, Nottingham. It was opened in 1822 and closed in 1924. Background It was consecrated by Edward Venables-Vernon-Harcourt the Archbishop of York on 24 October 1822, and the patron of the living was Charles Pierrepont, 2nd Earl Manvers. The architect was William Wilkins, the brother of the Vicar of St. Mary's, Revd. George Wilkins, and the cost was £14,026 (equivalent to £ in ). It was a Commissioners' church. Revd. Wilkins formally applied for a grant in November 1818, but it was not until September 1821 that the money was approved and construction work started. It was , and , with accommodation for 1853 worshippers. It had a fine Doric portico with a bell turret over it. The roof of the church was supported by 14 Corinthian columns and pilasters at the angles. At the time of the building of this 'St. Paul's Chapel of Ease', as it was then called, public opinion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shakespeare Street Wesleyan Reform Chapel
Shakespeare Street Wesleyan Reform Chapel is a former Wesleyan Reform church on Shakespeare Street in Nottingham, England. It is a Grade II listed building. It was converted in 1953 to a synagogue and is now a university hall. History The church was built in 1854 to designs by Thomas Simpson. The foundation stones were laid on 20 March 1854.''Nottinghamshire Guardian'', Thursday 23 March 1854 In 1941 the building suffered bomb damage and, despite being restored after the war, the closing service was held on 11 October 1953. It was then converted to a synagogue of the Nottingham Hebrew Congregation, and in 2019 was converted and extended by Nottingham Trent University as theiUniversity Hall for graduation ceremonies, concerts and other events. Organ A new organ was installed in 1914 by John Compton Sir John George Melvin Compton, (29 April 1925 – 7 September 2007) was a Saint Lucian politician who became the first Prime Minister upon independence in February 1979. Having ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nottingham Trent University
Nottingham Trent University (NTU) is a public research university in Nottingham, England. It was founded as a new university in 1992, although its roots go back to 1843 with the establishment of the Nottingham Government School of Design, which still exists within the university today. It is the 6th largest university in the UK (out of ) with students split over five different campuses. History The university was formed by the amalgamation of many separate institutions of higher education. It originated from the Nottingham Government School of Design founded in 1843. In 1945, the Nottingham and District Technical College was established. In 1958, Nottingham Regional College of Technology opened and in 1959, the Nottingham College of Education began at Clifton. In 1964, Nottingham Regional College was opened and in 1966, the original Nottingham College of Design was linked with the Regional College. Together they merged and the institution was upgraded to Polytechnic sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poultry, Nottingham
Poultry is a row of buildings in Nottingham City Centre between Flying Horse Inn and Victoria Street. It is the name of the south side of the street, the north side being known as Cheapside. History In 1396 the south side of the street was called the Women's Market. Also it was referred to as Cuckstool Row; presumably the storage place for the town ducking stool. The name of Poultry emerged about 1800. Hen Cross The Hen Cross stood just within the top of the Poultry, close by the junction of Victoria Street, High Street, Bridlesmith Gate, Cheapside and Poultry. It was the cross of the Poultry Market and is first mentioned in local records in 1416. Notable buildings *1 Flying Horse Walk *6 by William Beedham Starr 1931 (formerly The Exchange public house) *7-8 Former Beethoven House ca. 1899 (Arthur Wilson, Peck and Company Piano and Organ Warehouse 1899-1939) *10-11 by Ernest Richard Eckett Sutton 1905-06 (includes Poultry Arcade) *13 (also 4 Bridlesmith Gate) Italian Renai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Byard Lane
Byard Lane is a pedestrianised shopping street in the city centre of Nottingham, England located between Fletcher Gate and Bridlesmith Gate. History Byard Lane has existed since the Middle Ages when it was known as Walleonelane, Walloonlane or Wooler Lane probably a corruption of Wall-On Lane as it abutted the town defences. In 1757, the early history of Methodism in the town had its roots here when Mary White hosted John Nelson and other early Methodists in her house in Chapel Court off Byard Lane. Chapel Court has now disappeared. In the early 19th century, the Harlequin Public House and Bakehouse was at the top of the street. In 1866 it became known as Dining Hall Street but it continued to be referred to by its former name and eventually Dining Hall Street was dropped and it reverted over time to Byard Lane. Notable buildings North side *5, Dining Rooms by Thomas Simpson 1865-66 Grade II listed. *7-9, by Hedley John Price. Grade II listed. *15, Cross Keys Public House ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nottingham Mechanics' Institution
The Nottingham Mechanics' Institution was founded in 1837 in Nottingham to improve the knowledge of working men with classes and lectures, the provision of libraries, performances of music, drama and readings, and through social contact with a good cross-section of the better educated members of the community. History In 1837, John Smith Wright of the Nottingham banking family, decided to form the Mechanics' Institute, modelled on the institutes which were becoming commonplace in other locations in the country. In October 1837 a meeting was held in the Town Hall at Weekday Cross at which 490 supporters put their names towards the scheme. The Institute rented premises at 17 St. James's Street from 1837 to 1845. The committee appointed John Porchett as the Librarian at a yearly salary of 12 guineas (). One of the first attractions of membership was free admission to body dissections at Nottingham General Hospital. In 1840, the Institution held the first ever art exhibition in N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Queen's Walk Congregational Church
Queen's Walk Congregational Church was built on Queen's Walk in Nottingham between 1900 and 1902. History The congregation was established as a mission church of Castle Gate Congregational Centre. A school room was constructed first in 1872-73 to the designs of the architect Thomas Simpson Thomas Simpson FRS (20 August 1710 – 14 May 1761) was a British mathematician and inventor known for the eponymous Simpson's rule to approximate definite integrals. The attribution, as often in mathematics, can be debated: this rule had been .... The church was built in 1900-1902 on the corner of Queen’s Walk and Kirke White Street to designs by the architect Charles Nelson Holloway. It closed in 1970 when it was amalgamated into Friary Congregational Church. It is now the Pilgrim Church. References {{reflist Churches completed in 1902 Congregational churches in Nottingham ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1816 Births
This year was known as the ''Year Without a Summer'', because of low temperatures in the Northern Hemisphere, possibly the result of the Mount Tambora volcanic eruption in Indonesia in 1815, causing severe global cooling, catastrophic in some locations. Events January–March * December 25 1815–January 6 – Tsar Alexander I of Russia signs an order, expelling the Jesuits from St. Petersburg and Moscow. * January 9 – Sir Humphry Davy's Davy lamp is first tested underground as a coal mining safety lamp, at Hebburn Colliery in northeast England. * January 17 – Fire nearly destroys the city of St. John's, Newfoundland. * February 10 – Friedrich Karl Ludwig, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck, dies and is succeeded by Friedrich Wilhelm, his son and founder of the House of Glücksburg. * February 20 – Gioachino Rossini's opera buffa ''The Barber of Seville'' premières at the Teatro Argentina in Rome. * March 1 – The Gork ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1880 Deaths
Year 188 (CLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known in the Roman Empire as the Year of the Consulship of Fuscianus and Silanus (or, less frequently, year 941 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 188 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Publius Helvius Pertinax becomes pro-consul of Africa from 188 to 189. Japan * Queen Himiko (or Shingi Waō) begins her reign in Japan (until 248). Births * April 4 – Caracalla (or Antoninus), Roman emperor (d. 217) * Lu Ji (or Gongji), Chinese official and politician (d. 219) * Sun Shao, Chinese general of the Eastern Wu state (d. 241) Deaths * March 17 – Julian, pope and patriarch of Alexandria * Fa Zhen (or Gaoqing), Chinese scholar (b. AD 100) * Lucius Antistius Burrus, Roman politician (executed) * Ma Xiang, Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
