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Bramcote
Bramcote (, ) is a suburban village and former civil parish in the Borough of Broxtowe, Broxtowe district of Nottinghamshire, England, between Stapleford, Nottinghamshire, Stapleford and Beeston, Nottinghamshire, Beeston. It is in the parliamentary constituency of Broxtowe (UK Parliament constituency), Broxtowe. The main Nottingham–Derby road today is the A52 road, A52, Brian Clough Way. Nearby are Beeston, Wollaton, Chilwell and Stapleford, Nottinghamshire, Stapleford. One of the main roads between Nottingham and Derby used to pass through the village centre, entering a cutting that formed a blind bend. A country house to the north of the village became publicly owned and was demolished in 1968. Its grounds became a public area of park and hillside, now known as Bramcote Hills Park. Demography The population of Bramcote is 9,270 with a household average of 2.3. The Broxtowe Ward population measured at the Census 2011 showed a population of 7,270. The proportion of residents ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bramcote Hills Sport & Community College
Bramcote Hills Sports and Community College was a mixed state school in Nottinghamshire. It taught children from 11 to 18 (Years 7–13). It is located in Bramcote, Nottinghamshire. It was part of the White Hills Park Federation with Executive Head Teacher, Kevin Dean, the School Leader, Mal Kerr. Bramcote Hills Sports and Community College was formally closed by Nottinghamshire County Council on 31 August 2009. At the same time the council agreed from 1 September 2009, to enlarge Alderman White School and Language College, to incorporate the remaining site of Bramcote Hills School, following demolition of the unsafe upper school, this making Alderman White a split-site school. History Grammar schools The school started life as two separate schools sharing the same campus. Bramcote Hills Technical Grammar which opened in 1955 and Bramcote Hills Grammar School in 1957. The founding head teacher of BHTS was Mr Frank J Cresswell. On Friday 27 March 1970 at 6.25pm on BBC1, Heat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bramcote
Bramcote (, ) is a suburban village and former civil parish in the Borough of Broxtowe, Broxtowe district of Nottinghamshire, England, between Stapleford, Nottinghamshire, Stapleford and Beeston, Nottinghamshire, Beeston. It is in the parliamentary constituency of Broxtowe (UK Parliament constituency), Broxtowe. The main Nottingham–Derby road today is the A52 road, A52, Brian Clough Way. Nearby are Beeston, Wollaton, Chilwell and Stapleford, Nottinghamshire, Stapleford. One of the main roads between Nottingham and Derby used to pass through the village centre, entering a cutting that formed a blind bend. A country house to the north of the village became publicly owned and was demolished in 1968. Its grounds became a public area of park and hillside, now known as Bramcote Hills Park. Demography The population of Bramcote is 9,270 with a household average of 2.3. The Broxtowe Ward population measured at the Census 2011 showed a population of 7,270. The proportion of residents ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Listed Buildings In Bramcote
Bramcote is a village in the Borough of Broxtowe, Nottinghamshire, England. It contains twelve Listed building#England and Wales, listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, one is listed at Grade II*, the middle of the three grades, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade. Most of the listed buildings are houses and associated structures, and the others consist of a church, the tower of a demolished church, a public house, and a row of almshouses. __NOTOC__ Key Buildings References Citations Sources * * * * * * * * * * * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bramcote Lists of listed buildings in Nottinghamshire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bramcote College
Bramcote College is a co-educational secondary school located in Bramcote, Nottinghamshire, England. It is a member of The White Hills Park Federation Trust. The school serves students from ages 11 to 18 and has a student body of over 1,200 pupils. History Secondary modern school This was the first school to be built on the Bramcote Hills Site. In 1948 it opened as a Secondary Modern boys school named Bramcote Hills Boys School. Comprehensive It later became a comprehensive school titled The Park Comprehensive. At 5am on Monday 17 October 1994, a white Vauxhall Astra, with false number plates, rammed into the building, causing £1.4m of fire damage. Two 15 year old boys from Stapleford, Nottinghamshire, Stapleford were charged.''Nottingham Evening Post'' Thursday 20 October 1994, page 1 Bramcote Park Comprehensive School became a Business and Enterprise school in 2004. After receiving business status, it re-branded its image by announced a new logo and identity, consisting of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beeston, Nottinghamshire
Beeston () is a town in the Borough of Broxtowe, Nottinghamshire, England, it is 3 miles south-west of Nottingham. To its north-east is the University of Nottingham's main campus, Campuses of the University of Nottingham#University Park Campus, University Park. The headquarters of Pharmaceutical industry, pharmaceutical and retail chemist group Boots UK, Boots are east of the centre of Beeston, on the border with Borough of Broxtowe, Broxtowe and the City of Nottingham. To the south lie the River Trent and the village of Attenborough, Nottinghamshire, Attenborough, with extensive wetlands. Toponymy The earliest name of the settlement was ''Bestune'', recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086. The name derives from the Old English words ''bēos'' (bent-grass) and ''tūn'' (farmstead, settlement). Although the idea that the name derives from the Old English ''bēo'' (bee) is popular locally, this is impossible as the plural form of ''bēo'' would be ''bēon'', resulting in an "n" to h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Borough Of Broxtowe
Broxtowe is a Non-metropolitan district, local government district with Borough status in the United Kingdom, borough status in Nottinghamshire, England. It lies immediately west of the city of Nottingham, and most of the built-up areas of the borough form part of the Nottingham Urban Area. The council is based in Beeston, Nottinghamshire, Beeston and the borough also includes the towns of Eastwood, Nottinghamshire, Eastwood, Kimberley, Nottinghamshire, Kimberley and Stapleford, Nottinghamshire, Stapleford and surrounding villages and rural areas. The neighbouring districts are Ashfield District, Ashfield, Nottingham, Borough of Rushcliffe, Rushcliffe, Borough of Erewash, Erewash and Amber Valley. History The district was formed on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972. The new district covered the whole area of two former districts and part of a third, which were all abolished at the same time: *Basford Rural District (part, being the parishes of Awsworth, Brinsley ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wollaton
Wollaton is a suburb and former civil parish in the western part of Nottingham, in the Nottingham district, in the ceremonial county of Nottinghamshire, England. Wollaton has two wards in the City of Nottingham (''Wollaton East & Lenton Abbey'' and ''Wollaton West''), with a total population of 24,693 at the 2011 census. It is home to Wollaton Hall, with its museum, deer park, lake, walks and golf course. History The remains of Roman kilns, crematoria and coins have been found in Wollaton. The centre of Wollaton village, the original heart of the suburb, has remained relatively unchanged over the past few hundred years and is dominated by the Admiral Rodney public house and the Anglican church of St Leonard dating back to the 13th century. It also features historic cottages, an Elizabethan dovecote and a water pump. In 1931 the parish had a population of 1796. On 1 April 1933 the parish was abolished and merged with Nottingham. Most areas of the former parish were built- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frances Longden Almshouses
The Frances Jane Longden Almshouses were erected in 1852 in Bramcote, Nottinghamshire Nottinghamshire (; abbreviated ''Notts.'') is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands of England. The county is bordered by South Yorkshire to the north-west, Lincolnshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south, and Derbyshire to the west. Th ..., for four poor women. The patron was Frances Jane Longden, the sister of John Sherwin Gregory of Bramcote Manor. She endowed the almshouses to provide accommodation for four poor women of the parish who were to receive two shillings weekly and two tons of coal each year. The datestone is located just off centre of the building with the wording “Almshouses erected by Frances Jane Longden 1852”English Heritage Listing Description. The almshouses are situated at the top of Cow Lane, Bramcote. Nottingham Community Housing Association assumed ownership in 2007, and the independent charity 244900 which had formerly managed the housing was closed. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A52 Road
The A52 is a major road in the East Midlands, England. It runs east from a junction with the A53 road, A53 at Newcastle-under-Lyme near Stoke-on-Trent via Ashbourne, Derbyshire, Ashbourne, Derby, Stapleford, Nottinghamshire, Stapleford, Nottingham, West Bridgford, Bingham, Nottinghamshire, Bingham, Grantham, Boston, Lincolnshire, Boston and Skegness to the east Lincolnshire coast at Mablethorpe. It is approximately long. Route length According to the AA, Newcastle-under-Lyme to Derby takes 56 minutes, Derby to Boston takes 1 hour and 40 minutes (100 minutes), and Boston to Mablethorpe takes 1 hour and 2 minutes (62 minutes), taking 3 hours and 38 minutes (218 minutes) to travel the whole distance. History Brian Clough Way The mainly dual-carriageway stretch between The Pentagon Island in Derby and the Queen's Medical Centre in Nottingham was named ''Brian Clough Way'' in 2005 to honour the late Derby County F.C., Derby County and Nottingham Forest F.C., Nottingham Forest Ass ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chilwell
Chilwell is a suburban area in the borough of Broxtowe in Nottinghamshire, England. It lies on the west side of the town of Beeston and is south-west of the centre of Nottingham. History Roman buildings, pottery and coins have been found in Chilwell. Chilwell was originally a hamlet on the road from Nottingham to Ashby-de-la-Zouch. It is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086, but along with Toton it became part of the parish of Attenborough. Suburban development spread gradually from Beeston along Chilwell High Road. The area's population grew substantially during the First World War, when most of the area of level ground between Chilwell and Toton was occupied by the National Shell Filling Factory No. 6 and the original direct route between Chilwell and Toton became a gated military road, now known as Chetwynd Road. On 1 July 1918, 134 people were killed and over 250 people were injured in an explosion at the factory. This tragedy remains the largest number of death ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St John's College, Nottingham
St John's College, Nottingham, founded as the London College of Divinity, was an Anglican and interdenominational theological college situated in Bramcote, Nottingham, England. The college stood in the open evangelical tradition and stated that its mission was "to inspire creative Christian learning marked by evangelical conviction, theological excellence and Spirit-filled life, that all who train with us might be equipped for mission in a world of change". St John's trained students for ministries in the Church of England and other denominations, independent students from a range of Christian contexts, and students for children's and youth ministries through its Midlands centre for the Institute for Children, Youth and Mission (MCYM). It offered full-time, part-time, blended and distance learning courses, including specialist modules in pastoral care and counselling and church administration. Academic awards were validated by Durham University and Gloucester University, and a se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broxtowe (UK Parliament Constituency)
Broxtowe is a Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, parliamentary constituency in Nottinghamshire, England, represented in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 United Kingdom general election, 2024 by Juliet Campbell (politician), Juliet Campbell, from the Labour Party (UK), Labour Party. Constituency profile Broxtowe is a suburban constituency in Nottinghamshire, to the west of the city of Nottingham, and almost identical in character to the seat of Gedling (UK Parliament constituency), Gedling east of Nottingham. Broxtowe lies along the county's western border with Erewash (UK Parliament constituency), Erewash in Derbyshire. The constituency covers the vast majority of the Borough of Broxtowe (except the towns of Eastwood, Nottinghamshire, Kimberley and Nuthall which are in the Nottingham North and Kimberley (UK Parliament constituency), its name derived from the old Broxtowe (wapentake), Broxtowe wape ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
