paulr1949

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  1. I hope you can overcome that potential cul-de-sac Paul. the road I live on backs on to the Redhill Cemetery, if I can do a little pictorial research there or generally in the Redhill area just say, I'd be pleased to help you.

    I know we've had this conversation but have you thought about contacting the Lamin family at the farm which is around 1.5 miles up the road? A couple of urls for 'Tophouse Farm' for you:

    http://www.farmstay.co.uk/self-catering/arnold-the-granary-top-house-farm-1386/

    http://www.caravancampingsites.co.uk/nottinghamshire/tophousefarm.htm

    Good luck.

    Hi Stu

    Thanks again. I will try contacting the farm at some stage. I know there were farmers in the earlier branches of my Lamin family - this missing branch is my first priority. I then have to fathom out why my great aunt left part of her estate to a nephew who was not a son of her direct sibling (unless she had a mystery brother/sister!) - it must have been another Lamin branch.

    I have emailed both churches to see if they hold records for the 1890's, my next step will be the county records office.

    Paul

  2. Although both churches are close by, St Mary's might have been the natural and closest church for someone from Redhill to marry in.

    'Red Hill' as they term it and how the area was correctly spelt in those days might refer to the houses that stand above Mansfield Road where the cutting is and Arch Bridge spans. It is also know as 'Arch Hill'.

    Lamins Farm and Lamins Lane leading up to Killarney Residential Park and Bestwood Country Park still stand just after the Redhill roundabout on the A60. I think John Lamin is active on the Bestwood Country Park forum here:

    http://www.bestwood-country-park.co.uk/bcp/community/

    Thanks, Stu - that also looks interesting.

    I live in Orpington, Kent, but plan to visit the records office & hopefully the area (the grandparents are burind in Red Hill cemetery) sometime in the autumn. Of course, I still have the problem that there appears to be no record of Henry Lamin in the 1891 census, and his wife, Elizabeth, was from Balbriggan, Ireland. Unless I can find a marriage record (if indeed it was in the UK) I think I will be stuck as far as her side of the family is concerned, as I have no maiden name

    Paul

  3. Hello

    I am researching some of my family history - the Lamin side - and in the 1901 census my great garndparents (Henry and Elizabeth) were residing at 201 Red Hill, in the parish of St Paul. I am having trouble finding earlier details as my great grandfather is very elusive, missing from the 1891 census, and my great grandmother was from Ireland. I suspect they married in the first half of the 1890's, and probably in the Daybrook area, which brings me to my question: according to Wikipedia, Daybrook St Pauls was built between 1892 and 1896. Does anyone know what the parish would have been before St Pauls was built? I have emailed the church to see if they have any records of the period, but of course they may only date from after any marriage (first child was born in 1896)

    thanks in advance for any help

    Paul

  4. Paul, you may be related to the farming family by the same name at Redhill? Lamin's Farm (and Lamin's Lane are just above the Leapool roundabout which is just north of Redhill and Arnold on the main A60 road. The lane leads to Killarney Park residential park and Bestwood Country Park.

    Hi Stu

    This may be possible. I've unearthed a John Lamin (born c1781) from the 1841 census, Bestwood Park, Lenton district (that year has no further information) with his 3 sons and 2 daughters. He was a farmer. In 1851 John Lamin had obviously died and it was his eldest son John jnr "farmer of 370 acres employing 4 indoor, 2 outdoor labourers", by 1861 the acreage had gone up a bit & they were shown as living at Bestwood Park Farmhouse.

    Still investigating :)

    Paul

  5. Hi Stu

    Thanks for the information. All I can really remember about the house was that it was large, with a good-sized high-walled garden, and that it was on the main (presumably Mansfield) Road. I also remember the buses, even if I did think they were trolleybuses!

    My great-grandfather was a joiner, although his father was a farmer, so anything's possible. I'm still delving, although have just had a setback - a marriage certificate which I thought was for my great-grandfather has arrived - and it isn't! There appear to be no records for him between birth in 1866 and the 1901 census, when he was married to an irishwoman and had two daughters (my grandmother and great aunt). Ho hum!

    Paul

  6. The 57 was not a trolley bus, just your ordinary diesel, but it did run to Arnold via Redhill so was probably the route you remember. I was born in Redhill but moved to Long Eaton in 1958.

    Hopefully Stu will come along - he is the expert on all things Redhill!

    Thanks Limey

    I guess 50+ years are playing a few tricks. I suspect I saw the trolleybuses in the centre a few times (they weren't in our locality at the time - Hayes (Kent) - so it was much more interesting!)

    Paul

  7. Housing in the area was pretty poor compared with today. I bet the community was good though.

    Plimsoll Street

    Our posts crossed in the ether! Yes you are right. My great aunt (the one I *did* know about) later moved to Edwin Street, Daybrook. I have the estate agents notes from when the house was sold after she died in 1987 (for £13000), and it sounds like it was a similar type of property, although smaller.

    Thanks for posting the link to the photo

    Paul

  8. Hi Paul,

    Enfield Street (now demolished) was in Hyson Green between Radford Road opposite Belton Street (Belton Street is still there) and ran through to the junction of Plimsoll Street and Gauntley Street (Gauntley Street is still there). This is right next door to St Stephens Church, Bobbers Mill, Hyson Green.

    The area was demolished in the late 60's and Radford Police Station stands to the north.

    Hi littlebro

    Many thanks, that's just what I needed to know. One lady - who I didn't know much about, and doesn't appear to be on the 1901 census, and seems to have been another aunt to my mother - maried someone who lived in this road. As her family lived in Red Hill, that seems fairly logical

    regards

    Paul

  9. Hello

    Whilst researching the Nottingham part of my family history, I have come across a branch of the family who, in the 1901 census, lived at 2 Enfield Street, in St Stephen's parish. I can't find the street on a current map and haven't (yet) found it on the excellent map posted by bamber. I'm still looking though! Does anybody know definitely where the street was?

    Many thanks

    Paul

  10. Hello

    I've just joined the forum after I discovered the 1940's bus/trolleybus map. I'm currently researching family history. My grandmother was a Lamin, the family lived in New Lodge, Red Hill for a long time (some are buried in the cemetery there). I'm curious about the trolleybus routes. I can distinctly remember going to visit my great aunt in about 1957, in a big house which had electricity but gas lighting. Might have been the same house. Anyway the point of posting this in the "bus routes" thread was that I am sure trolleybuses went past the house. I was a transport nut from an early age, and what comes to mind is a route 57 to Arnold. However, it's a long time ago :)

    Does anyone know of later than 1940 developments of the trolleybus system? Or the buses for that matter

    best

    Paul