Latest Website Updates - 29th April 2012
Beyond Lenton - The Meadows, Memories of Lenton and Dunkirk - Complete Revamp, Memories of Castle
Boulevard, Memories of
Marcus Street, Priory Street, Memories of
Copes the Clockmakers - Prospect Place, Harley Street (revamp), Lenton Church School,
Recent Updates
Albert
Ball's Final Resting Place, Lenton Infants School,
Lenton Junior School,
Lenton Railways, Prospect Place - William Bridgett's
1883 Factory Plans, Prospect Place, Willoughby Street, Lenton Times No.7 Complete,
Photographic Queries
Lenton Times Issue 31
Available from shops - April 2012
Also now available as a PDF Download
Featuring
George Howitt: Professional Cricketer - The Goodwin Family and
Lenton - Help at Hand: 1st/7th Robin Hoods' Medical Team in the
First World War - A Portrait of the Past - Dunkirk School: Life in
the Original School Building (1889 – 1968) - Dunkirk and Old
Lenton: My Childhood Playground Part 2: The Rec, the Canal &
Other Watercourses along with Subsequent Developments in the
Locality - Dunkirk and Old Lenton Community Centre: A History - Our
Sponsor's Story - Local Listings
Lenton Times No.7 Complete
We have now sold all our remaining copies of Issue No.7 so we are now providing access to an online version of the articles in this particular issue.
Featuring
The Building of Holy Trinity Church - Holy Trinity: The Inside
Story - Francis Wright: Church Benefactor - A View of New Lenton
1935 - The Story of Rev. George Despard - Lenton's Suffragette:
Helen Watts - Time for Celebration [The Lenton Tea Towel]: A
celebration Holy Trinity's 150th anniversary - William Goodacre
Player: Church Benefactor - Society Snips & Letters
Website Revamp
We are currently changing the way the website looks. To see what
the new version of the Lenton Memories section looks like click
here.
The revised pages will be added to the site bit by bit and will
take several months to complete. However it may mean that anyone
who has links to a particular page may need to repoint to the
revised version.
Lenton Gallery
Shows photographs of the Lenton, Dunkirk & Wollaton areas Past and Present
The Lenton Listener
Selected articles from the magazine produced for Lenton Community Association between 1979 and 1988
A review of
The History of the Parish and Priory of Lenton
by John Thomas Godfrey - 1884
The book was reviewed in the Nottingham Daily Express and published over four issues during December 1884 to January 1885
To read the review click here
Lenton Local History Society
General information about the Society, current programme of events and contact details
Website Sponsor
UK Stairlifts Direct for Straight Stair lifts and Curved Stairlift
Research at the National Archives, Kew
Professional help offered for those wishing to access material from the National Archives