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EPITOME OF USEFUL FACTS

PLACES OF WORSHIP

I.

TO NOTTINGHAM BY RAIL AND ROAD

Situation of Nottingham—Railway Routes—Midland, Great  Central, Great Northern, London  and   North­western Railway Stations—Approaches to Nottingham by Road—From the South—From the   North—From theNorth-West and  West—From  the  South-West— From the East.

II.

A WALK ROUND NOTTINGHAM. PART  I.

Population—The Market Place—Goose Fair—Electric Tramways—Long Row—Queen Victoria's  Statue—The Exchange—Kirke White's House—Bromley House— Public Buildings — War Memorial — Clubs — Inland Revenue Offices—Post Office—The Morley Statue— Theatre Royal — Empire — King's  Theatre — Grand Theatre—Guildhall—Free Library.

III.

A WALK ROUND NOTTINGHAM. PART II.

University College—Poor Law Offices—Natural History Museum—St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church—Masonic Hall—Victoria Hall—Institution for the Blind—General Cemetery—School of Art—Arboretum—High Schools for Boys and Girls—Mansfield Road—Elm Avenue—Anglican and Presbyterian Churches—Church Cemetery—Blue Coat School—Various Places of Worship—Young Men's Christian Association—Mechanics' Institution— Holy Trinity Church—A Bit of Old Nottingham.

IV.

NOTTINGHAM CHURCHES PAST AND PRESENT. PART I.

Monasteries—Order of St. John  of Jerusalem—Franciscans—Carmelites—Cluniac Benedictines—Baptists— Wesleyans—Parish Church of St. Mary.

V.

NOTTINGHAM CHURCHES PAST AND PRESENT. PART II.

Unitarianism — Presbyterianism — Congregationalism— St. Nicholas' Parish Church—St. Peter's Parish Church —Roman Catholic Cathedral—General   Hospital—St. James' Church.

VI.

NOTTINGHAM CASTLE AND THE HISTORICAL EVENTS CONNECTED WITH IT

The Saxons and  Danes—William the Conqueror and Peverel—Building of the Castle—Richard I.—John— Edward III.—Origin of Mortimer's Hole—Richard III.—Henry VII. and Henry VIII.—James I.—Charles I.— Raising the Standard—Colonel Hutchinson—Charles II.—Rebuilding  of the  Castle — James II.—William of Orange—Anne—Duchess of Marlborough—Reform Riots—Destruction of the Castle and Colwick Hall.

VII.

NOTTINGHAM CASTLE AS AN ART MUSEUM

Collin's Alms Houses—Old Gateway—Foundation of the Museum—List of Painters Represented—Classical Section—Textile Fabrics—Important Bequests—Brew-house Yard—The Park—Nottingham Caves.

VIII.

LOCAL CELEBRITIES. NOTTINGHAM TRADE AND CITY GOVERNMENT. THE PARKS

The Howitts—P. J. Bailey—H. Kirke White—Lord Byron — The Sandbys — R. P. Bonington — Henry Dawson — General Ireton — Colonel Hutchinson and other Parliamentarians — William Lee — J. Strutt— Arkwright — Nottingham Corporation — The  Forest— Boulevards—Queen's Walk—The Trent and its Bridges —The Embankment Gardens.

IX.

THE SUBURBS OF NOTTINGHAM AND PLACES WITHIN A SHORT DISTANCE

West Bridgford — Radcliffe-on-Trent — Ruddington— Clifton—Wilford—Colwick—Gotham—Wollaton  Hall— Attenborough—Barton—Thrumpton.

X.

THE SUBURBS OF NOTTINGHAM AND PLACES OF INTEREST TO THE NORTH

Bulwell—Golf Links—Hollinwell—Hucknall Torkard— Church—Byron's   Grave—Bestwood   Lodge—Newstead Abbey.

XI.

THE DUKERIES. MANSFIELD. WORKSOP

General Information—Mansfield—Robin Hood Legends — Clipstone—Edwinstowe—Rufford Abbey—Worksop— Clumber — Thoresby — Welbeck — Cresswell  Crags— Hardwick Hall—Bess of Hardwick.

XII.

SOUTHWELL MINSTER. NEWARK. LINCOLN.

Thurgarton Priory — Southwell — Burgage   Green— Charles  I. — St.   Mary's   Cathedral — Norman  Nave, Early English Choir, Fine Decorated Chapter House— The Palace — Wolsey — Newark — Lincoln,   Famous "Angel Choir"—Old Houses.

XIII.

DERBYSHIRE

Matlock — Rowsley — Haddon Hall — Bakewell— Chatsworth—Castleton—Dove Dale.

XIV.

SOUTH AND SOUTH-EAST  DISTRICT

Belvoir Castle—Bottesford Church—Grantham— Charnwood Forest—Loughborough—Woodhouse—Woodhouse Eaves — Beacon Hill — Bradgate Park — Ulverscroft Priory — St. Bernard's Abbey — Rothley, and Lord Macaulay.

XV.

INTERESTING CYCLE RIDES

No. 1. Clifton, Gotham, and Kingston — No. 2. Gotham, East   Leake, Costock — No. 3. Beeston, Thrumpton, Clifton—No. 3a. Barton—No. 4. Barton, Hemlock Stone, and Strelley—No. 5.  Dale  Abbey and Trowell—No. 6. Hucknall, Linby, Papplewick, and  Daybrook—No. 7. Annesley, Underwood,   Moor Green, and   Nuthall—No. 8. Woodborough, Epperstone,  Lowdham, and  Carlton—No. 9. The Dukeries —No. 10. Southwell—No. 11. Newark—No. 12. Lichfield—No. 13. Belvoir Castle—No. 14. Matlock—No. 15. Cromford, Via Gellia, and Ashbourne — No. 16. Cromford and Dove Dale—No. 17.Derby, Dove Dale, Belper, Ambergate — No. 18. Charnwood Forest, returning by Castle Donington—No.  19. Charnwood Forest, returning by Sutton Bonington,