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This topic comes up periodically The highest point is reputedly Newtonwood Lane, just north of Huthwaite, near the motorway services. It is around 200m high. Silverhill colliery tip is also claimed to be the highest point. Strawberry Bank in Huthwaite has a plaque claiming to be the highest point, but is just a few feet lower. Shoulder of Mutton Hill is much lower. The top of the hill is 184m . I seem to remember reading somewhere that the plaque on the house was rumoured to have been put there secondhand from a demolished house in Huthwaite.

The Archives are having a special open day in September http://www.heritageopendays.org.uk/directory/nottinghamshire-archives

As an aside, the Midland & Great Northern Circle can supply drawings of London Road Station See ARC 2017 Nottingham London Road station 4 sheets NJD at http://www.mgncircle.org.uk/html/drawings_list.html

The term 'gate' used in York street names like Walmgate, Coppergate, Stonegate and Skeldergate, derives from the Viking word 'gata' meaning street. I wonder if this is true in some cases in Nottingham too?

Looking through books, the thick black lines do correspond to one of the proposals for the Ambergate line - including a terminus just north of the MR station and a line through The Meadows.

Thanks, that really is interesting. Are the curved lines marked with radii near the top and bottom something to do with the GNR/Ambergate proposals?

Personally, I think it is very disappointing the way Nottingham (and Nottinghamshire) has largely ignored its waterways and towpaths. The Trent may not be the Danube, but could still be a very pleasant recreational attraction for tourists and locals if developed properly. The situation with Nottinghamshire canals is even sadder.

Many rides at Goose Fair, Blackpool etc could hardly be called romantic, yet people do genuinely consider the experience worthwhile I stand by what I said. A ride from Nottingham to Ambergate (or on to Cromford for that matter) by canal would be a unique and fascinating experience. If only it were still possible!

Though I love train travel, I would happily have done the trip by canal. If only it were still possible! The Butterley Tunnel and the aqueduct at Bull Bridge alone would have made it a unique and fascinating experience.

Thanks Merthyr Imp. That diagram does fit in neatly with the 1860 photo. Comparing it with the 1884 OS map suggests that the overall roof for the Lincoln line platforms at the old Carrington St station was retained for a long while after the new station was opened - latterly as a goods shed.

Just for fun, here are 3 maps for comparison and here, the earliest overlaid by the latest The goods shed was clearly extensively rebuilt and expanded between 1884 and 1901. If only we had even earlier maps! I seem to remember seeing a plan of the old Carrington St station after the Lincoln lines had been built, but can't remember where - and certainly don't possess a copy.

If the old station was demolished in 1875 and the viaduct was built in 1869, then the building in the Bourne photo must be the original Carrington St station. If Samuel Bourne took the photo, then it must date between 1854/5 when he took up photography and 1863 when he went to India for an extended tour lasting several years. His well-known photo of London Road station can be dated, as the building was still being finished, to 1856. The photo of Carrington Street looks inferior in quality for several reasons. That makes me wonder if it actually predates the London Road picture (by which time

The old photo of Carrington Street is on the web here http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~leveritt/8628_1_Nottingham_Carrington_Street_1860.jpg and states the date as around 1860, which I guess could include the 1850s. That would make the photo closer to the closure of the original station. Does anyone have information about who took the photo? As early photos go, it is interesting in that they have successfully recorded a lot of people. The general technique in early days was to take long exposures, which meant that most people appeared as "ghosts", or not at all, because they

That is a fascinating photo! Comparing the photo with the drawing of the original station in an earlier post, I would suggest the building next to the tree must be the original station. I wonder if the line crossing the road is not slightly further away from the camera than your red line implies. If you look closely just above the LH end of your red line you can see some level crossing gates. It is difficult to see for sure, but I wonder if the large shed structure in front of the station building is an overall roof for the Lincoln line platforms?

Carrington Street would originally have been at rail level. The railway line terminated at Nottingham so there was no need to raise the road to its current height. Therefore, if any of the original station entrance remains, it ought to be below the current street level. I think there was a level crossing, even when the Lincoln line was first built. I don't know when the road was raised and the bridge built over the railway, but it must have been fairly early as maps of the late 1880s show the current setup.

Just curious about the closed doors - the photos I remember seeing all had open platforms at the rear. Do you have photos of the ones with doors please, as i would be very interested to see them?

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Your Blog looks very good - just a shame the GNR didn't build something a little more aesthetically appealing for the station buildings Best wishes for your research. Incidentally, the photos linked to the "Britain From Above" site show excellent views of the now lost Grantham end of the Grantham Canal. What it looked like is something I had wondered about since I walked what is left of the canal from Grantham to Nottingham last year. I m really pleased I found them.

Whole complex on the left of this photo, which can be enlarged if you register/log in http://www.britainfromabove.org.uk/image/epw050202?search=hucknall&ref=16

Stan, Further to my post, did you try the East Midlands Trains site? http://www.eastmidlandstrains.co.uk/tickets-deals/ To get the best deals you have to go onto the site for the train operator for the journey you want to do e.g. EMT for Nottingham to London or Crosscountry for Nottingham to Gloucester. Just as an example, the 27th July there are £9 single tickets available there and back from Nottingham to St Pancras at the moment. I just checked. These fares tend to disappear fairly quickly. For the end of June for example, the cheapest fares still available are now higher.

I am not quite sure how to take your reply, Stan. Just for proof, here is a scan of my tickets I had to book specific trains for this offer, but I am more than happy to do so to save a lot of money.

The way to get cheap tickets on the train to StP is to plan well in advance. I got 2 way travel in July for £9 by booking over 2 months early. Not everyone can plan that far ahead, but if you can it is well worth it.

Well, I booked the tickets on the EMT website for mid-July. I chose 2 trains with single tickets at £9, plus postage at £1. Then there was a £10 discount, so the net amount was £9. I think the discount is over now.

Its not all bad news - I booked a return trip from Chesterfield to St Pancras for the grand total of £9 a couple of weeks ago thro the EMT web site. I wonder how long ago you could book the same journey for the same price in the so called good old days?

It looks like the fitting was for a lamp, as Merthyr Imp suggested. See http://www.ehattons.com/38659/Bachmann_Branchline_44_119_Great_Central_High_Level_Station_Entrance/StockDetail.aspx http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/b/braunston_and_willoughby/index1.shtml http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/b/belgrave_and_birstall/index16.shtml http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/r/rothley/index8.shtml http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/q/quorn_and_woodhouse/index18.shtml