Timeline of Nottingham

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Nottingham, England.

Prior to 17th century

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• 868 – Danes take town.^[1]
• 918 – Market active.^[2]
• 1067 – Nottingham Castle built.
• 1156 – Town wall rebuilt.^[3]
• 1232 – St Mary's hospital founded.^[3]
• 1250 – Grey friary established.^[1]
• 1276 – Carmelite friary established.
• 1284 – Nottingham Goose Fair begins.^[2]
• 1330 – "Young king Edward III and a group of conspirators crept through a secret tunnel into the city's castle and took prisoner Roger de Mortimer, a nobleman who had until then effectively been England's ruler."^[4]
• 1392 – Plumptre Hospital founded.
• 1474 – St Mary's Church built (approximate date).
• 1513 – Free grammar school founded.^[5]
• 1539 – Bell alehouse active.
• 1588 – Wollaton Hall built.

17th–18th centuries

• 1642 – 22 August: Charles I raises royal standard at Castle Hill.^[6]
• 1646 – Bubonic plague.
• 1650s – Smith's Bank established (approximate date).
• 1678 – St Nicholas' Church built.
• 1693 – Nottingham Waterworks Company established.
• 1723 – Bluecoat school built.^[7]
• 1726 – Nottingham Exchange built.
• 1741 – Nottingham Journal newspaper begins publication.^[8]
• 1760 – Theatre built in St. Mary's-gate.^[9]
• 1780 – Nottinghamshire Gazette newspaper begins publication.^[10]
• 1782 – Nottingham General Hospital founded.
• 1790 – J. & H. Bell booksellers in business.^[11]
• 1796 – Nottingham Canal opens.

19th century

• 1808 – Nottingham Review newspaper begins publication.^[8][12]
• 1812 – Labour unrest.^[1]
• 1815 – Particular Baptist Chapel built.^[13]
• 1816 – Nottingham Subscription Library founded.^[14]
• 1824 – Artizan's Library established.^[13]
• 1825 – Nottingham Mercury newspaper begins publication.^[8]
• 1831
  • Political unrest.^[15]
  • Waterworks open at Trent Bridge.
• 1835 – Henry Moses Wood becomes sheriff.
• 1837 – Nottingham Mechanics' Institution established.
• 1842 – Carrington Street bridge built over Nottingham Canal.
• 1843 – School of Design established.^[7]
• 1844 – Nottingham Cathedral built.
• 1845 – Nottingham Inclosure Act passed.
• 1846 – People's College founded.^[7]
• 1848 – Post Office built on Albert Street.
• 1849 – Boots the Chemist in business.
• 1852
  • The Arboretum opens.
  • Richard Young bookseller in business.^[11]
  • Nottingham Naturalists' Society founded.^[16]
• 1855 – Adams Building opens.
• 1856 – Sacred Harmonic Society established.^[9]
• 1861 – Nottinghamshire and Midland Merchants' and Traders' Association established.^[7]
• 1864 – All Saints' Church and Christ Church, Peas Hill built.
• 1865
  • Nottingham Forest Football Club formed.
  • Theatre Royal built.^[9]
• 1866 – August: Floral fête held in Nottingham Park.^[17]
• 1868
  • Nottingham Free Library opens.^[17]
  • Post Office built.^[7]
• 1871
  • Trent Bridge rebuilt.
  • July: Horticultural exhibition held in Nottingham Park.^[17]
• 1876 – High Pavement Chapel built.
• 1877
  • Marble Skating Rink opens.^[17]
  • John Player tobacconist in business.^[18]
• 1878
  • Nottingham Castle Museum opens.
  • Nottingham Evening Post newspaper begins publication.^[10]
• 1880 – Nottingham Corporation Water Department and Nottingham Society of Artists established.
• 1883 – Nottinghamshire Amateur Photographic Association established.^[19]
• 1890 – Raleigh Cycles in business.
• 1897 – Thoroton Society of Nottinghamshire established.
• 1900 – Nottingham Victoria railway station opens.

20th century

• 1901 – Population: 239,743.^[5]
• 1910 – Derby Road drill hall opens.^[20]
• 1912 – Picture House opens.^[21]
• 1922 – Nottingham Playgoers Club founded.
• 1926
  • Nottingham Natural History Museum opens.
  • Nottingham Philodramatic Society founded.
• 1929 – Nottingham Council House (city hall) built.
• 1933 – Church of St Peter with St James formed.
• 1936
  • Capitol Cinema opens.^[21]
  • Royal Ordnance Factory Nottingham in operation.
• 1937 – Metropole Cinema opens.^[21]
• 1941 – 8–9 May: Aerial bombing by German forces.
• 1945 – Nottingham and District Technical College established.
• 1946 – Nottingham Theatre Club formed.
• 1958 – Clifton Bridge (Nottingham) opens.
• 1962 – Nottingham Civic Society founded.
• 1963 – Nottingham Playhouse opens.
• 1964 – Nottingham Regional College opens.
• 1972
  • Lace Market Theatre opens.
  • Victoria Centre (shopping centre) in business.
• 1973 – Bridlesmith Gate (street) pedestrianised.
• 1974 – Brewhouse Yard Museum founded.^[22]
• 1979 - Pedals cyclists' advocacy group formed.^[23]
• 1980 – Nottingham Greyhound Stadium and Rock City (club) open.
• 1982 – Cycle route (to Clifton) opens.^[23]
• 1985 – Green's Mill & Science Museum established.^[22]
• 1989 – Broadway Cinema active.^[21]
• 1990 – Nottingham Transport Heritage Centre active.^[22]
• 1991 – Trent Concert Band established.
• 1992 – Nottingham Trent University established.
• 1993 – Galleries of Justice Museum established.^[22]
• 1994 – Recycling centres open.^[24]
• 1999
  • Nottingham Pride begins.
  • New College Nottingham established.
• 2000 – National Ice Centre (skating rink) opens.

21st century

• 2001 – Sky Mirror sculpture unveiled.
• 2004 – First phase of the new Nottingham Express Transit Opens
• 2009 – Centre for Contemporary Art Nottingham opens.
• 2015 – Phase 2 of the new Nottingham Express Transit Opens

See also

• History of Nottingham
• Timelines of other cities in East Midlands: Derby, Leicester, Lincoln

References

Further reading

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Nottingham.

• "Nottinghamshire", Historical Directories, UK: University of Leicester . Includes Nottingham directories, various dates.
• "Nottinghamshire Heritage Gateway". Thoroton Society of Nottinghamshire.
• "Nottinghamshire History". Nottingham: Andy Nicholson.

Coordinates: 52°57′N 1°08′W / 52.95°N 1.14°W / 52.95; -1.14