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The Nottingham Subscription Library was founded on 1 April 1816 at Carlton Street, in the Hockley area of the city. [8] [9] In April 1820, Bromley House was offered for sale by auction and purchased by the library for £2,750 (equivalent to £277,657 in 2023). [10]
Called by his son "Bromley House" and later used as Nottingham Subscription Library. Said to have been "the best built house in town" [ 3 ] Sir George Smith, 1st Baronet (1714–1769), of Smith House (later " Bromley House "), Angel Row, Nottingham, and of Stoke Hall in the parish of East Stoke in Nottinghamshire, was a member of the Smith ...
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Following the birth of their two children, Coope took up her research interests joining the Bromley House Library and becoming a member of the Council of the Thoroton Society in 1955 and its President from 2008-2014. [7] Over the ensuing years Coope remained an active researcher and author in her field with a number of publications to her name.
1741 – Nottingham Journal newspaper begins publication. [10] 1743 – Chapel Bar, the last remaining medieval city gate was demolished for the widening of the road. 1752 – Bromley House built. 1760 – Theatre built in St. Mary's-gate. [11] 1766 – High cheese prices result in severe Food Riots. One person is shot dead by the military.
Abigail Gawthern lived until 1822 and her diary survived; it is a remarkable record of the history of Nottingham from 1751 until 1810. [5] Number 26 became known as Gawthern House. In her diary for 21 August 1798 she records that her visitors were Lord Byron , the two Miss Parkyns (of Bunny Hall), and the two Master Smiths from Wilford Hall .
Canning Terrace from the History and Antiquities of Nottingham by James Orange, 1840. References This page was last edited on 4 December ...