Trooper Kerry 3 Posted December 29, 2012 Report Share Posted December 29, 2012 Hi. I trying to locate a map of around 1910 of Brook Farm Sneinton Hill were the Kerry family lived. I have purcashed a couple of the Godfrey maps but the farm land just about on the border of each map! I am starting to write up my family history of our time in and around Carlton Rd and the farm is proving to be both mapless & photo less at the moment...any help would be great and once i learn how to publish images i will send some out of the family in the market sq. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,466 Posted December 29, 2012 Report Share Posted December 29, 2012 Welcome to Nottstalgia. You may be in the right place to find such a map, but where exactly is/was Sneinton Hill, because there doesn't seem to be a place of that name these days? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Michael Booth 7,364 Posted December 29, 2012 Report Share Posted December 29, 2012 Sneinton Dale is the main connecting road through the district. The area is famous for the windmill which stands on Sneinton Hill, and harbours Green's Windmill and the Science Centre.[1] Near the windmill there used to stand the now-demolished Nottinghamshire County Lunatic Asylum, later a boarding school named King Edwards, and now the location of King Edward Park. King Edwards boarding school was run by famous head master Alfred Tanner and his wife Mary. Many of Sneinton's children were killed in industrial accidents at King Edwards, which stood for 117 years. King Edwards School also employed Sneinton resident Arnold Booth, the infamous murderer who was sentenced to life imprisonment in 1977 for the murder of Renee Howard, and rumoured to have murdered Lucy Tinslop, the victim of the infamous 'Birthday girl' murder on the Bath Street rest garden, which took place in 1969. I hope that this article will be of help to you. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
poohbear 1,360 Posted December 29, 2012 Report Share Posted December 29, 2012 Greens Mill was built on what was known as 'Sneinton Hill Cliff Ton...One of the famous landscape paintings of Nottingham (forget which) was also said to be painted from the vantage point of Sneinton Hill Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,466 Posted December 29, 2012 Report Share Posted December 29, 2012 I had a feeling it might be Windmill Lane, but the area isn't actually named as Sneinton Hill on any map I looked at. Looking at the Old Maps site there are quite a few places shown which might be Brook Farm, but they aren't specifically named. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
poohbear 1,360 Posted December 29, 2012 Report Share Posted December 29, 2012 Wrights Directory 1910 Sneinton Hill listed as Carlton Road. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Trooper Kerry 3 Posted December 29, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 29, 2012 I am a member of Bromley House library and been thru the map room and have found Brook Farm but only half shown, its approx where the Shell Garage is opp the old Manvers School,(wish i could get the hang of posting images) After looking thru the site i have found what i need! http://www.old-maps.co.uk/maps.html The farm is just above the brick works Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Trooper Kerry 3 Posted December 29, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 29, 2012 Should have said its on the 1920 & 1938 pre WW2 map. The farm was in more open land in 1920 but by 1938 quite enclosed, a bit like Dale farm on Sneinton Dale. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted December 29, 2012 Report Share Posted December 29, 2012 found Brook Farm but only half shown, its approx where the Shell Garage is opp the old Manvers School,(wish i could get the hang of posting images) Posting an image in your post using remote hosting from Photobucket.com Surely the Garage you mention is near the 'Marmion' Estate? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ashley 288 Posted December 29, 2012 Report Share Posted December 29, 2012 deja vu moment here in 2 ways, could swear blind I've already read the post re the murderer and the girl on bath st park, and replied to it! not only that but also that I questioned the dates of the girl's deaths as I know I heard a story thus from a then girlfriend when we visited her married sister who lived nearby, on I think Gordon Rd? it was first time I had been in that area and we split up in 1964 so before then? Strange? (not been to pub or partaken of other things etc,lol) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,466 Posted December 29, 2012 Report Share Posted December 29, 2012 Just so everyone knows where we are talking about, here's Brook Farm. For reference, the red line is the bottom end of Porchester Road where it joins Carlton Road. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
poohbear 1,360 Posted December 29, 2012 Report Share Posted December 29, 2012 Not exactly where I was looking...more Carlton Hill than Sneinton Hill...as it's known today anyway.At least I'm the first to show Uncle Albert waving out the cowshed window.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Trooper Kerry 3 Posted December 30, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 30, 2012 Thanks all.....I am being seroius how did you know that my Uncle..well great Uncle Albert lived there???? He was born in 1901. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Michael Booth 7,364 Posted December 30, 2012 Report Share Posted December 30, 2012 You'd be amazed what Nottstalgia comes up with when it's Members get searching the archives. I always am...lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
poohbear 1,360 Posted December 30, 2012 Report Share Posted December 30, 2012 Thanks all.....I am being seroius how did you know that my Uncle..well great Uncle Albert lived there???? He was born in 1901. You wait till I tell you how many times your GGGGGG/Father Ichabod slept with Nell Gwynne when the King wasn't looking... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
piggy and babs 544 Posted December 30, 2012 Report Share Posted December 30, 2012 WELL COME TROOPER KERRY. LOOKING AT THE MAP BROOK FARM WAS AS MICK SAID WERE THE MARMION ESTATE NOW STANDS .IN THE 50S EARLY 60S THIS AREA WAS ALL ALLOTMENTS POSSIBLY PART OR ALL OF THE ORIGINAL FARMLAND Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Trooper Kerry 3 Posted December 30, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 30, 2012 I remember my grandad pointing the area out in the mid 1960's when i was 5 or 6. I was born in Bakersfield so do know the area well but its been good to see it on maps, just need a photo now! Anyone know of any ariel photos of Nottingham after WW1? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ashley 288 Posted December 30, 2012 Report Share Posted December 30, 2012 Think a few aerial maps on picture the past and iirc a german one showing targets for ww2? ( on 2nd thoughts don't think aerial) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,466 Posted December 31, 2012 Report Share Posted December 31, 2012 If you want Nottingham from above, this is your place http://www.britainfromabove.org.uk/asearch?search=nottingham&page=1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
poohbear 1,360 Posted December 31, 2012 Report Share Posted December 31, 2012 I don't think there are any that side of the city Cliff Ton Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,466 Posted December 31, 2012 Report Share Posted December 31, 2012 True, I'd missed the reference to Bakersfield. But......there are some aerials titled "Findern Green" which is close-ish to Bakersfield, and on the pictures titled "Cropwell Green" I think you can see Brook Farm, which is where we came in. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,466 Posted December 31, 2012 Report Share Posted December 31, 2012 And these are the photos which I reckon show Brook Farm in the 1920s Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Trooper Kerry 3 Posted December 31, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 31, 2012 Still cant see Uncle Albert from the cowshed! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
poohbear 1,360 Posted December 31, 2012 Report Share Posted December 31, 2012 He's just left for the pub... 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rockrock 0 Posted January 16, 2013 Report Share Posted January 16, 2013 Hi I have just joined the site after reading your posts because I wanted to share a picture I have recently received of Richard Kerry and family at Brook farm in about 1910. Regards Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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