IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Sherwin Road, NOTTINGHAM, NG7 2FE
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Sherwin Road, NG7 2FE by members of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
There are currently over 7.5m images from over14,400 individuals and you can help contribute to the project by visiting https://www.geograph.org.uk
Image Map
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Notes
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- The higher the marker number, the further away the image location is from the centre of the postcode.
Image Listing (349 Images Found)
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Lenton War Memorial
War Memorial erected in 1919 with the names of 265 men and one woman from Lenton who lost their lives during the First World War
Image: © Richard Croft
Taken: 23 Apr 2010
0.01 miles
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Lenton War Memorial
One of four plaques on Lenton War Memorial commemorating the men who lost their lives in WW1, this one lists the officers and Sergeants. The first name is
Albert Ball, Captain and Flight Commander VC, DSO (2 bars), MC, Croix de Chevalier, Legion d'Honneur, Cross of St. George (Russia), SF & RFC, Honorary Freeman of the City of Nottingham. Air Ace and National hero http://www.lentontimes.co.uk/images/gallery/albert_ball/albert_ball_listener_14.htm
Image: © Richard Croft
Taken: 23 Apr 2010
0.01 miles
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The Albert Ball Memorial Homes
Built by Alderman Albert Ball in 1921 as a memorial to his son, Captain Albert Ball VC, the first British air ace, who was killed in action in May 1917. Grade II listed: http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-455833-albert-ball-memorial-homes-nottingham .
Image: © John Sutton
Taken: 16 Apr 2011
0.01 miles
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Albert Ball Memorial Homes
Old people's homes by Lenton War Memorial http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1823035 built in 1921 at the expense of Alderman Albert Ball in memory of his son Captain Albert Ball, air ace and National hero.
Albert Ball, Captain and Flight Commander VC, DSO (2 bars), MC, Croix de Chevalier, Legion d'Honneur, Cross of St. George (Russia), SF & RFC, Honorary Freeman of the City of Nottingham. http://www.lentontimes.co.uk/images/gallery/albert_ball/albert_ball_listener_14.htm
Image: © Richard Croft
Taken: 23 Apr 2010
0.01 miles
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Albert Ball Memorial Homes and Lenton War Memorial
At the junction of Church Street and Sherwin Road. For more details see http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1823108 . The almshouses are available to anyone suffering hardship or distress, as decided by the Trustees, currently the Nottingham Community Almshouse Charity.
(The winter view allows a better appreciation of the building from this angle, without leaves on the trees.)
The almshouses themselves, the boundary wall and the War Memorial are individually Listed Grade II.
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust
Taken: 22 Dec 2013
0.01 miles
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Albert Ball Memorial Homes: cupola
The Albert Ball Memorial Homes date from 1921, and were built by the father of the Great War air ace Albert Ball VC. The cupola is topped by a biplane. The majority of Ball's exploits were in a Nieuport Scout, but he was killed in an SE5, which this more nearly resembles. The Memorial Homes are Grade II listed: see http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-455833-albert-ball-memorial-homes-nottingham Albert Ball's statue is in the grounds of Nottingham Castle - see Image] and Image
Image: © John Sutton
Taken: 16 Apr 2011
0.02 miles
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Chimney stack, cupola and biplane
The Albert Ball Memorial Homes date from 1921, and were built by the father of the Great War air ace Albert Ball VC. Its cupola, seen here over the rooftops from Church Street, is topped by a biplane. The majority of Ball's exploits were in a Nieuport Scout, but he was killed in an SE5, which this more nearly resembles. The Memorial Homes are Grade II listed: see http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-455833-albert-ball-memorial-homes-nottingham Albert Ball's statue is in the grounds of Nottingham Castle - see Image] and Image
Image: © John Sutton
Taken: 16 Apr 2011
0.02 miles
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Lenton War Memorial and the Albert Ball Memorial Homes
The Albert Ball Memorial Homes date from 1921, and were built by the father of the Great War air ace Albert Ball VC. They are Grade II listed: see http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-455833-albert-ball-memorial-homes-nottingham Church Street is to the left and behind the camera and Sherwin Road - where the Ball family lived (Image]) before settling in a grand house in The Park Estate (Image]) - is straight ahead.
Image: © John Sutton
Taken: 16 Apr 2011
0.02 miles