Nottingham - NG3 (Old Sneinton)
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Nottingham - NG3 (Old Sneinton)
Image: © David Hallam-Jones Taken: 12 May 2012
Approaching Hermitage Square with St Stephen's Road behind, two substantial properties immediately strike the observer. On the right, a former Methodist Church has been transformed into Sneinton Community Centre with a Karate School operating on the first floor (since 1975) and on the left is the former "Hermitage" pub, now the Zam Zam restaurant. The pub was also known as "The Bendigo" (note the statue of him above the entrance), after William Abednigo Thompson (a.k.a.“Bendigo”). This successful Victorian bare-knuckle fighter/turned evangelist (1811-1880) was born in Nottingham, grew up in poverty in Trinity Walk (off Upper Parliament St) and is buried in St Mary's Cemetery, Sneinton. The statue of him was created and erected by Home Ales Brewery in 1957.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.949683
Longitude
-1.128247