by Editor | Feb 9, 2026 | Local Histories
Mapperley has a long history and is mentioned in the Domesday Book. A Chapel was established here in about 1230 by Hugh de Strelley by arrangement with the Abbot of Dale as patron and Rector and was sanctioned by Alexander Staveney, Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield...
by Editor | Mar 15, 2025 | News, Social Histories
From the Ilkeston Pioneer of 6 September 1912 A man who gave the name of ‘Ben Warren’ the ex-Derby County footballer, but who turned out to be the notorious George William Atkin, alias ‘Fatty Atkin’, a native of Ilkeston, was found wandering in a nude condition in...
by Editor | Mar 15, 2025 | News, Ilkeston’s Industries
The Stantonian, (Magazine of Stanton Ironworks) Vol 22, No.6, April 1961 “In our last issue readers were given a brief account of the floods caused when the Nutbrook stream overflowed its banks on Sunday December 4th last year. The floods were caused by exceptionally...
by Editor | Jun 7, 2024 | Local Histories
by Beverley Kilby Widening the Nutbrook Canal Bridge, 1950’s – looking towards Spondon, St Norbert Drive / Godfrey Drive junction in middle distance. Originally an agricultural parish and village, Kirk Hallam is now known for its large housing estates on...
by Editor | Jun 3, 2024 | Social Histories
by Grant Shaw The sometimes-overlooked Hallam Fields War Memorial is in the grounds of the former Stanton Institute (“The ‘Stute”) and is a replica of the original which was stolen some years ago. The names on it are all First World War casualties, but my recent...
