Local History

Angie Keyworth is a relative of The Godfrey family, who were wealthy landowners in Carlton at the turn of the last century and were responsible for building Park House. She has been covering their story in Gedling Eye.

Angie Keyworth is the great-grandaughter of John Godfrey, the original owner of Park House in Carlton. Here she shares memories of her family and the time they spent in this historic house

The Golden Ball in Carlton is one of the ones that are now long gone. In the 1750s however, Carlton's Golden Ball was occupied by one Samuel Parley

For listeners to the BBC Home Service in the late 1940s, the sound of the BBC Show in the late 1940s the sound of the BBC Show Band playing the popular tunes at the time were a nightly pleasure. The leader of this band was Cyril Stapleton.

Village venue was strangely selected chosen over Nottingham's Albert Hall for broadcast of new musical play

Arthur Shrewsbury was the mainstay of the Nottinghamshire batting line-up for over two decades and is often hailed as the best batsman England ever produced

It was back in 1791 that a worsted mill was constructed on the site of Arnot Hill Park to produce a high-quality type of wool yarn.

Local historian Bob Massey looks back at the history of the Majestic Cinema in Mapperley as plans to demolish the iconic building are revealed...

This will belonging to William Alvye gives an interesting insight into what life was like back in 1567

The story of Mary Cooper is just one of the many local tales in local historian Bob Massey's new book Snippets from History Vol 3

Residents in Woodborough are putting together plans to commemorate the anniversary of a plane crash that took place in the skies above the village...

Photographs taken by a Woodborough cobbler of Nottingham and the surrounding countryside over 60 years ago have been made available to the public for...

Historians at Woodborough Local History Group are appealing to Gedling Eye readers for help in identifying the locations featured in two pictures from their...

Our new resident folklorist and historian, Frank E. Earp shares the story of a brutal murder in Colwick Woods...The name of Nottingham man William...

Now that we have lost the Post Office it is becoming difficult to remember that Woodborough was once a village with local facilities, with...

The son of a Polish Air Force pilot killed when his plane crash landed in Calverton during World War Two is to travel across the...

In view of the ongoing controversy about the wind turbine on Bank Hill it is perhaps worth remembering that a similar, though smaller structure,...