As you navigate through the streets of Nottingham, it's easy to overlook the city's rich history that is subtly embedded in its signs, statues, plaques and other artefacts. Here are a few historical gems you might have missed if you weren't looking closely. These posts, marked 'Parish of Standard Hill', can be found at several spots including Hounds Gate and Castle Street.
They demarcate the boundary of the parish as determined by the town's Justices of the Peace for rating purposes. A line from Standard Hill across the rim of the Park to Canning Circus - roughly represented today by the Ropewalk - marked the old borough's limit. Get the latest news straight to your phone by joining us on WhatsApp The iron marker, dated 1869, reveals that the parish boundary was supervised by Councillors Parr and Woodward.
There are two plaques in the city commemorating the time Peter Pan author JM Barrie spent here. One is located on Pelham Street , at the site of the former offices of the Nottingham Journal where he worked between 1883 and 1884. It would later adorn the offices of an estate agency.
During his time there, Barrie wrote leaders for the paper, which was then competing with two morning rivals: the Nottingham Daily Guardian and the Nottingham Daily Express. The latter would absorb it a few years later. Another commemorative plaque can be found on Birkland Avenue, off Peel Street, marking the location of his former lodgings.
The ring is a notable landmark near the tennis court. It.