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Mansfield Road, NOTTINGHAM, NG5 2BX

With the Gregory Boulevard/Mansfield Road roundabout behind the photographer this is a view along the first 100 metres of so of Redcliffe Road. This connection with Mapperley Road was known as Red Lane until approximately 1870. Prior to this under, the Inclosure Act of 1792, all the land from Redcliffe Lane (Red Lane) up as far as the Private Road estate and from Mansfield Road to the St.Jude's Church boundary was allotted to Mr Ichabod Wright, who gave the land upon which St John's (Anglican) Church, Carrington was built.

The Savoy Hotel, as the hotel in the picture was originally called, was built in the 1970s. From 2012 however, it was known as The Park Inn and most recently, since summer 2019, it has been re-badged as a Mercure Group hotel and is now known as The Nottingham Sherwood Hotel. It is seen in this picture on the other side of Mansfield Road (A60) from this entrance to the John Farr Rest Garden. This small public garden was established in memory of John Thomas Farr (1860-1951), a former managing director of the well-known Home Brewery in Daybrook, Notts. J. T. Farr was also a one-time councillor for Nottinghamshire City Council and for Arnold Urban District Council. This 'rest garden' was developed on the site of some 'tea gardens' that belonged to nearby "Black's Head Inn" (later renamed The Grosvenor Hotel). The Black's Head Inn (first mentioned in a White's Directory of 1844) was purchased by Sir John Robinson, the founder of Home Brewery in 1873, who changed its name in 1877.

A display of sculpture in the John Farr Rest Garden.

The marker has Milestone Society National ID: NT_NOT09pb

Marking the outer limit of the City of Nottingham, this wonderful survival is located at the corner of Mansfield Road and Redcliffe Road. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://www.historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1058982

Marking the outer limit of the City of Nottingham, this wonderful survival is located at the corner of Mansfield Road and Redcliffe Road. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://www.historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1058982

Marking the outer limit of the City of Nottingham, this wonderful survival is located at the corner of Mansfield Road and Redcliffe Road. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://www.historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1058982

This is the earliest surviving cast-iron boundary marker in the traditional Nottingham round-topped form. At the time of installation it represented the municipal boundary, but appears to have been left in place as a parish marker when the boundary was extended in 1877. Listed Grade II. See http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3903437 for location.

A northwards along Mansfield Road (A60) towards the suburbs of Sherwood and Carrington. Behind the photographer is one of the entrances into the John Farr Rest Garden. The white building on the left is the Grosvenor pub. The Savoy Hotel, as the hotel in the picture was originally called, was built in the 1970s. Since 2012 it was known as The Park Inn but most recently, i.e. in the summer 2019, it was re-badged as a Mercure Group hotel and is now known as The Nottingham Sherwood Hotel.