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A LIST OF HUCKNALL DATES Timeline 
1086 - Domesday Book compiled. Hucknall is called Hochenale1154 - William Peverel fled and his estates seized by the Crown 1170 - Newstead Abbey founded. [Its correct name is Newstead Priory] 1180 - (approximately) Money given by Geoffrey Torkard for erection of tower and nave of St. Mary's church 1189 - Geoffrey Torkard gives 120 acres of Hucknall land to Newstead Priory 1199 - A fine is levied between Geoffrey Torkard and Maud, his wife and William Pitie of two knights fees (400 acres) in Hucknall and Lamcote 1247 - Grant from Henry lll to Newstead Priory of the site given by Henry ll 1251 - Gift from Henry lll to Newstead Priory of 10 acres of land 1288 - Land held by Newstead Priory included Hucknall Torkard 1297 - Thomas Torcard was vicar of Hucknall 1320 - Building work at St. Mary's begins. The upper part of the tower is built, nave rebuilt, north aisle, chapel and porch, all added to the church 1322 - A priest held for a 200 ransom in Hucknall 1329 - 80 acres of Hucknall waste land granted to William de Cossall 1330 - Deed of gift from Robert Torkard to William Torkard 1331 - Ulgar Crumwell donates his interest in Hucknall to Beauvale Priory 1331 - Ralph de Crumwell receives from Alexander of Gonalston a water mill which stands on the site of the present Central Methodist Church 1331 - John de Crumbewell gives land at Linby to Newstead Priory 1333 - John le Porter of Hucknall Torkard enfeoffs Roger and Joan, his wife, with 3 acres of arable land lying in the fields of Hucknall 1334 - William de Cossall granted Bulwell Wood Hall Estate to Newstead Priory 1343 - Charter signed to found the monastery at Beauvale Priory 1344 - William de Cossall gives 80 acres of land to Newstead Priory 1369/70 - Charters granting land in Hucknall Torkard to Beauvale Priory 1400 - John Clerc of Hukenal Torcard became benefactor to the priory of Bolton-on-Dearne 1407 - John de Clifton releases in perpetuity; and pardens Walter, son of Sir Edmund Wylughby of Hucknall Torkard concerning service relating to the Manor of Hucknall Torkard 1451 - John Strelley of Linby obstructs a highway. Inhabitants of Hucknall & Papplewick complain 1470 - The north aisle of St. Mary's is rebuilt 1540 - All Newstead Priory lands sold to Sir John Byron 1545 - Romish priest resigns the living 1548 - First Bulwell Wood Hall built in Hucknall parish 1550 - The protestant priest deprived by Queen Mary 1571 - Byron charity established 1603 - Official return shows no more than 317 villagers including 106 children 1615 - Broomhill land and Bulwell Forge leased to Sir John Byron 1615 - King James 1 grants by letters patent Newstead Priory land and Hucknall Manor to Sir John Byron 1630 - Sir John Byron replaces original hall with a new Bulwell Wood Hall 1639 - This is the date on the tenor bell in St. Mary's tower 1647 - Subsidy Rolls reveal Hucknall to be smaller than other local places 1650 - The puritan vicar was reportedly a drunkard and common swearer 1652 - Sir Richard Byron becomes the second Lord Byron 1654 - Ordered that Hucknall Torkard, Linby, Newstead & Papplewick be consolidated as one parish. Lord Byron opposes and it becomes inoperative 1662 - The parson who succeeds the drunken vicar is ejected and replaced 1674 - Bulwell Wood Hall has 14 hearths in Hearth Tax Returns 1676 - Clergyman of the Established Church reports that he has 167 adult parishioners 1687 - Earliest documentary evidence of textile industry in Hucknall 1687 - First documentary evidence of open fields in Hucknall 1690 - Settlement of the manor of Hucknall Torkard for the provision of portions for the children of 3rd Baron Byron. Second party Sir William Stanhope of Shelford and William Waplington of Papplewick, gent 1690 - Lease and release of mortgaged land in Hucknall Torkard belonging to John Butler, to Elizabeth Linley, widow of Nottingham 1691 - Agreement of 3rd Baron Byron's mortgage to Sir William Stanhope of the manor of Linby 1691 - Mortgage of Bulwell Park by William 3rd Baron Byron and his son to Sir William Stanhope 1692 - Lease and release of the manor of Hucknall Torkard for the life of William 3rd Baron Byron as part of a mortgage 1696 - Written list of Hucknall Torkard inhabitants 1698 - Mortgage of land belonging to Lionel Pogson, yeoman of Hucknall Torkard 1698 - Settlement of a house in Hucknall Torkard to William Linley and heirs 1705 - [Approximately] Broomhill House built 1713 - Lease and release of house and land in Hucknall Torkard from Lionel and Hannah Pogson to John Barber 1718 - Certificate relating to Church of England church buildings, furnishings and supplies in Hucknall Torquet 1725 - (1696 - 1725) Deeds to a house and land in Hucknall Torkard, originally property of Lionel Pogson, sold to John Barber, then to Willian 4th Baron Byron 1725 - Lease of house and land, belonging to Isabell Linley in Hucknall Torkard, to John Brough 1740 - Gallery erected at the west end of the church to house choristers and musicians 1740 - The roof of the nave of St. Mary's is leaded in place of the stone tiles 1743 - Thomas Herring Archbishop of York issues questions to be answered in Hucknall 1749 - This is the date of the bass bell in St. Mary's tower 1756 - Baptist meeting house registered. First mention of Hucknall Baptists 1758 - Six rooms of Bulwell Wood Hall destroyed by fire 1759 - Hucknall Enclosure Award submitted 1761 - Hucknall Enclosure Award granted 1764 - Archbishop of York's visit to Nottinghamshire. First mention of Hucknall Methodists 1768 - Conveyance of farms at Hucknall and Newstead to Edward Cartwright for the life of William 5th Baron Byron 1769 - Act for enclosing open fields and commons 1770 - Friendly Society begins, later to become Hucknall Mill Sick Club 1771 - Hucknall Inclosure Award 1774 - 'Wicked' Lord Byron sells his land and holdings to the Duke of Devonshire 1778 - Robinsons begin cotton spinning on the river Leen 1780 - Archbishop of York visits Hucknall 1782 - Robinsons construct Top Mill 1783 - Robinsons take the lease of Forge Mill 1785 - First steam engine used in textile industry put to use in Papplewick Cotton Mill 1788 - Education begins. George Green to be paid for his management of the Sunday School 1788 - Gorge Gordon Noel Byron born in London 1790 - Robinsons construct a new mill on Grange site 1795 - A windmill is erected at Broomhill 1797 - Hucknall Methodists take Methodist New Connexion denomination 1798 - List of Hucknall residents making voluntary contributions for the prosecution of war 1799 - Hucknall listed on Nottingham New Connexion Circuit Plan 1800 - Hucknall Vicarage unfit for residence 1801 - Population 1,497 1806 - Baptist meetings begin on Beardall Street 1808 - Methodist Sunday School begins on Annesley Road 1808 - Boatswain Lord Byron s dog died 1810 - Visit to Hucknall by John Harrison - Primitive Methodist pioneer 
1811 - Luddite riots – prevalent squalor commented on by visitors1812 - Luddites destroy nine lace warp machines at Linby belonging to Mr Shipley 1812 - George Green and Ben Hancock in court for breaking frames during Luddite disturbances 1812 - Parliament gives 200 for augmentation of Hucknall Church vicarage 1812 - Byron first offers Newstead for sale but buyer unable to complete purchase 1814 - Byron estates transferred to Duke of Portland 1815 - Ben Caunt, prizefighter, Champion of England born 1815 - Date stone on former Methodist Chapel (was Romans on Annesley Road but now demolished) 1815 - Victory at Waterloo celebrated by roasting ox and sheep on The Green 1815 - Ada Byron (Lovelace) born (Enchantress of Numbers) 1816 - Visit to Hucknall by Sarah Kirkland - Primitive Methodist evangelist 1816 - Primitive Methodist Society begins 1816 - Frederick Robinson gives evidence to the Parliamentary Select Committee on The State of Children employed in Manufactories 1817 - Zachariah Green born 1817 - List of Hucknall residents petitioning the Prince Regent 1818 - Lord Byron (Poet) sold Newstead to Col. Wildman 1818 - Dan Diggle, apprenticed to Mr. Rhodes, stockinger of Hucknall, hanged for frame breaking 1818 - Baptist services held in Red Lion Inn 1818 - Newstead bought by Colonel Wildman 1819 - Lancelot Rolleston sells his land holdings in Hucknall 1820 - Robinsons leave cotton spinning 1821 - Population 2,028 1822 - The Honourable Mrs. Byron (poets mother) dies - buried in Parish Church 1824 - Windmill moved from Broomhill to Sandy Lane 1824 - Funeral of Lord Byron 1824 - Frederick Ward invited to come to Hucknall to establish a full-time school 1825 - Sophia Hyatt (mysterious White Lady) buried at Hucknall 1826 - School built 1827 - Leaders Minute Book. First written evidence from Methodist Chapel 1828 - First Co-operative Society founded on West Street 1828 - Annesley Road Methodist Chapel enlarged 1828 - A Co-op Society set up in Balls Yard, West Street 1829 - First Co-op trading association set up in Half Moon Yard 1830 - Robinson s Leen Mills cotton-spinning business sold 1831 - Hucknall Population 2,200 1833 - First list of Methodist members - 166 names 1833 - (1747 - 1833) Deeds, settlements and documents regarding exchange of land between William Spencer 6th Duke of Devonshire and William H. Cavendish Bentinck 4th Duke of Portland 1835 - First Baptist Chapel built 1836 - Poor rate produced 629.19s.0d 1838 - Queen Victoria's Coronation Festivities took place 1838 - 394 Houses in Hucknall 1839 - Electors on the register numbered 79 males 
1840 - Penny post arrives in Hucknall1840 - Glove-making introduced 1840 - (approx.) Old brass band formed 1840 - [circa] Master Hosiers House on Albert Street 1841 - Ben Caunt beats Nick Ward to win Championship 1842 - Ben Caunt marries Martha Butler at Hucknall 1844 - Census of stocking frames (301 shops & 801 frames) 1844 - Common land set out as gardens 1845 - Ben Caunt loses Championship to Bendigo 1845 - First railway through Hucknall proposed 1846 - Wesleyan Chapel built on Chapel Street 1848 - Midland Railway completed 1848 - First railway station in Hucknall opened 1849 - Visit by William Booth, then a methodist preacher, to address navvies constructing a railway 1850 - The Church of Latterday Saints on Whyburn Street opens in Hucknall (possibly earlier) 1851 - Population 2,470 - Houses 520 1851 - New street to be called Byron Street laid out 1852 - Lady Lovelace buried in St. Mary s Church, Hucknall 1852 - Fall (hand knitted veil for babies from Shetland) brought to Hucknall 1853 - Fund raising campaign for National School classrooms 1854 - National School opened 1854 - First harmonium brought to Hucknall by cart to Robert Widdowson's house 1854 - Private Wightman, a Hucknall soldier, survives the Charge of the Light Brigade in Crimea 1855 - Woollatt s - first mention in a directory of falls 1855 - Leasehold of Leen Mills reverts to Montagu family 1856 - Elizabeth Smith obtains post for Queen Victoria at Osbourne IOW 1858 - Shetland hosiery trade founded 1858 - Methodist Chapel purchases an organ - the first in Hucknall 1859 - Primitive Methodist Chapel built on Watnall Road - later sold to Church of Christ 1859 - New vicarage built 1859 - Colonel Wildman of Newstead dies 1860 - Newstead auctioned and eventually bought by Mr. William Frederick Webb 1861 - Ben Caunt dies - Bendigo is a coffin bearer 1861 - Churchyard extended 1861 - Population 2,836 - Houses 661 1861 - First sods of earth lifted marking Hucknall No.1 (Top Pit) 1862 - Coal reached at No. 1 Colliery 1862 - First fatality at Hucknall No.1 Colliery 1863 - Hucknall National School first Log Book begins 1864 - Coal drawing commences 1864 - Hucknall Co-operative Society registered 1864 - Glove-making ceased 1864 - First mention in a directory of shawl industry 1864 - Rhodes - first listing making shawls 1864 - Saxtons - first listing making shawls 1864 - Hardys - first listing making shawls 1864 - Raynors - first listing making shawls 1865 - Annesley Colliery began sinking 2 shafts 1865 - Men's Reading Room opened 1865 - Land purchased in Baker Street for a Methodist Chapel 1865 - Co-operative Society moves from back kitchen store on Gilbert Street to Watnall Road premises 1866 - Sinking commences at Hucknall No. 2 (Bottom Pit) 1866 - Gas introduced - first light in Mr. P. Howis s shop 1866 - Matthews (a writer) finds the little church sadly out of repair 1867 - Hucknall Torkard Local Board elected 1867 - Congregational Mission founded 1867 - Serious fire underground at No 1 Colliery 1868 - Temperence Society founded 1868 - Congregational Iron Chapel built on Portland Road at a cost of 360 1868 - Shop rented on Portland Road, Butler's Hill, as a Co-operative Society branch 1869 - Last servants hiring on The Green 1869 - Co-op Society established in Balls Yard wound up 1869 - Linby upper cross restored 1870 - Bestwood Colliery began Sinking operations 1870 - The Old Coach & Six public house on High Street - contents auctioned and building demolished 1870 - National School enlarged 1870 - S Dutton Walker finds 35 bodies in shallow graves 1871 - Population 4,257 - Houses 895 1871 - School Board established 1871 - Local artist Elias Lacey born in Awsworth 1872 - St. Mary Magdalene Parish Church restored cost 3,200 1872 - Trinity Methodist Chapel built cost 2,500 1872 - Beardall Schools built 1873 - New Watnall Colliery began sinking 3 shafts 1873 - Linby Colliery began sinking operations in November 1873 - Beardall Schools opened in January 1873 - Trinity Methodist Church opens for worship 1873 - First meeting for Bethesda Mission on Butler's Hill 1873 - Local Board to buy land for offices on Watnall Road 1873 - First colliery houses built 1873 - Hucknall Parish Magazine brought out by J H Beardsmore 1874 - Newstead Colliery began sinking 2 shafts 1874 - Gas street lamps introduced 1874 - Pews at St. Mary's Parish Church to be free and unappropriated 1874 - Advertisement in Nottingham Journal for tenders to build Public Hall 1875 - Trinity Methodist Church licenced for marriages 1875 - Public Hall built at a cost of 2,200 - architect Mr. F. Gration 1875 - Butlers Hill/Cavendish Street Primitive Methodist Chapel built 1875 - Linby Colliery Sunk 1875 - Weekly market established on Church Square 1875 - Mechanics Institute proposed 1875 - Parish Church organ built at a cost of 315 1876 - Baptist Chapel on Watnall Road built cost 4,400 1876 - Foundation stone laid for St. John's Church 1876 - Bethesda Chapel on Bestwood Road opened 
1876 - Church of Christ begins meetings1876 - Co-operative Society branch store opens on George Street 1877 - Hucknall Manufacturing - first mention in a directory making shawls 1877 - Butler's Hill School opens 1877 - St. John the Evangelist Church, Butler's Hill, built cost 1,300 1877 - United Methodist Free Church on Peveril St. opens 1877 - Rev. Curtis Jackson dies 1878 - Hicks Memorial Schools built cost 500 1878 - Roman Catholic Mission founded on Whyburn Street 1879 - Bucks - first mentioned in a directory making shawls 1879 - Spring Street School opens 1879 - Congregational Chapel built on Portland Road cost 1,400 1879 - Salvation Army introduced 1880 - Visit to Bestwood Colliery by the Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII) 1880 - Wesley Chapel built on Watnall Road cost 1,500 1880 - Cigar making commences 1880 - First Catholic School starts in the bandroom on Whyburn Street 1880 - General William Booth of the Salvation Army in Hucknall and preaches at Trinity Chapel 1880 - The Gospel Mission founded 1881 - Underground fire at Watnall Colliery 1881 - Population 10,023 - Houses 2000 1881 - Waterworks opened 1881 - Great Northern Leen Valley Railway line constructed 1881 - Catholic Mission founded 1881 - Royal Oak for sale by auction 1881 - Portand Arms for sale 1881 - Royal Oak Inn sold for 2,300 1881 - Chequers Inn sold for 4.435 1881 - First mention in Directories of Dexters Cigar Factory 1882 - Gospel Mission buys Wesleyan Chapel, Chapel Street (later becoming the Wesleyan Reform Church) 1883 - Land for sale on new street called Truman Street 1884 - Raynor s hosiery factory built on Byron Street 1884 - Raynor's factory on Byron Street first listed as making socks 1884 - Rhodes firm begins manufacturing Orenburg shawls 1884 - First Burial Board elected 1884 - Name of parish church changed from St. James to St. Mary Magdalene 1884 - Coffee Tavern built cost 1,300 1884 - Salvation Army buys Baptist Chapel on Gilbert Street 1884 - Duke of Portland gives money for church clock 1885 - Mr. J.E. Ellis elected M.P. 1885 - The Postmaster, Mr. Rowe, asks the Local Board if the houses can be numbered 1885 - Fire Brigade commences 1885 - Hucknall is in Rushcliffe Constituency when voting for Member of Parliament 1885 - Eric Coates, musician & composer, born 1886 - Catholic Church School & Presbytery given by Mr. & Mrs. Hanlon cost 2,700 1886 - Telephone poles erected 1886 - Eric Coates born 1886 - First sale of Duke of Portland's land 1886 - Market area extended by demolishing existing buildings 1886 - Proposed new street clled Bolsover Street 1887 - Free Library built 1887 - Catholic Church on Carlingford Road opened 1887 - P.S.A. (Pleasant Sunday Afternoon) Association founded 1887 - Rueben Bramley listed as first photographer 1887 - Cemetery opened 1888 - Parish Church enlarged cost 4,500 1888 - Butler's Hill Playground opened 1888 - Debt for enlargement of St. Mary s Church cleared 1888 - Strike at Raynor s factory, Byron Street 1889 - Elizabeth Smith retires from Osbourne 1889 - First County Council elections 1890 - Hucknall Girl's Society formed 1890 - Conveyance of land on Beardall Street, Hucknall Torkard, to William H. Coates, Eric Coates' father 1891 - Population 13,094 - Houses 2513 1891 - Proposed new street called The Connery 1892 - St. Peter s Church built on Watnall Road cost 650 1892 - St. John s Parsonage built cost 600 1892 - Hazel Grove Congregational Mission begins 1892 - Post Office at Butler's Hill opened 1892 - Pillar box system established 1892 - Tin Bridge erected over Midland & Great Northern railway lines at Butler's Hill 1892/93 - Station Hotel built 1893 - Riot at Watnall Colliery as men continued working during strike 1893 - Coal miners' strike 1894 - Bamkins on Whyburn Street first listed as making socks 1894 - Nursing Association formed 1894 - Hazel Grove Congregational Church built at a cost of 600 1894 - Hucknall Urban District Council formed 1895 - St. John s Church extended. Memorial stone laid by Miss Jackson 1895 - Primitive Methodist Chapel on Watnall Road built 1895 - Church of Christ buys former Primitive Methodist Chapel on Watnall Road 1895 - Isolation Hospital at Hucknall? - Question to H.U.D.C. 1896 - Serious fire at Moss & Plumbs Timber Mills 1896 - Typhoid epidemic - 130 people infected - 22 die 1897 - Nurses Home stone-laying ceremony and build 1897 - Telephones installed 
1897 - Zachariah Green dies1898 - Bethesda Chapel new school opens cost 450 1898 - Land purchased at rear of Trinity Methodist Chapel to build new Sunday Schools 1898 - Central Co-operative Stores opens near Market Place with Great Co-operative demonstration 1898 - Nurses Home opened 1898 - Hucknall Silver Band come 2nd in great bands contest 1899 - Great Central Railway station opens 1899 - Zachariah Green fountain unveiled on Market Place cost nearly 400 1900 - 18th Nottingham (Hucknall) Company Boys Brigade begins 1900 - Plans passed for Theatre Royal on Annesley Road 1900 - Technical School donations given by Mr. J.E.Ellis & Mr. H.B.Paget 1900 - School Board decides to build offices 1901 - Population 15,250 - Houses 3,126 1901 - Theatre Royal opens on Annesley Road 
1901 - Linby & Papplewick Methodist Chapel - memorial stone laying1901 - Technical School opens off Duke Street 1901 - School Board Offices opens on Duke Street 1902 - Co-operative branch on corner of High Street and Station Road opens 1903 - Hucknall Co-operative Society has new premises built on Market Place 1903 - Trinity Chapel Sunday Schools built - projected cost 2,871 - replacing old school on Annesley Road 1903 - Byron s statue erected on Co-operative Society buildings 1903 - YMCA Institute opened on High Street 1903 - Technical School doubles as a Pupil Teacher Centre in daytime 
1903 - Smallpox in Hucknall - thirteen cases notified1904 - Fifty four cases of smallpox in the area 1904 - Salvation Army - first wedding celebrated 1904 - Vicar John Edward Phillips dies 1904 - Thomas Gerrard Barker comes to Hucknall as curate of St. Peter's Church on Watnall Road 1904 - Open-air swimming baths on Baths Lane opened 1904 - Cattle market opened on Market Place 1904 - New laundry on Watnall Road. After laundry closes building becomes Lads Club 1905 - Serious smallpox epidemic 1905 - Primitive Methodist Chapel on Watnall Road installs an organ 1905 - Cattle Market experiment deemed a failure 1905 - Smallpox still a major threat 1905 - King Edward VII visits Newstead Abbey 1906 - Church Hall completed 1906 - Canon Godber died 1906 - Wesleyan Reform Chapel stone laying ceremony - chapel to cost 2,560 1906 - Miss Emily Ada Jackson of Broomhill House marries Edwin Henry Story 1906 - Conveyance of building land near Wood Lane to Moss & Plumb, timber merchants and builders 1907 - Thomas Gerrard Barker becomes vicar of St. Mary Magdalene 1907 - Protests regarding publication of a postcard claiming Byron is buried at Harrow 1907 - William James Calladine elected member of Notts. County Council 1907 - Godber Memorial Hall officially opened 1907 - Sale of Canon Godber's estate 1907 - St. Peter's Church reopened after refurbishment 1907 - Plough and Harrow for sale 1908 - Co-operative Society branch on Charles Street opens 1908 - Formation of Duke Street 1908 - A great deluge presents flooding problems again 1908 - New coal-cutting equipment installed at Hucknall No.2 Colliery 1908 - Indoor swimming baths to be built in Wigwam area, thanks to J.E. Ellis 1909 - Indoor swimming baths Opened on Baths Lane 1909 - Visit of General Booth to Hucknall 1909 - Schools closed in June - measles epidemic 1909 - History of Hucknall Torkard by Beardsmore published 1909 - Skating Rink to be built 1909 - Beardall Street School started upper standard 1909 - Former chapel on Chapel St. bought for cinematograph 1909 - Palestine in Hucknall Torkard exhibition 1909 - Confectioner Joseph Burrows sells 'Hucknall Rock' as sold at the seaside 1909 - Chapel Street - old chapel opens and called Picturedrome 1910 - Taylor's factory on King Edward Street first listed as making underwear - later to become known as Ewe Hosiery and Jaeger factory 1910 - Plans passed for Salvation Army Hall on High Street 1910 - Byron roller skating rink opened on Vine Terrace 1910 - [to 1913] NUWSS (women s suffrage) had a shop on High Street 1910 - Four miners killed at No. 2 Colliery 1910 - J.E. Ellis returned as M.P. for Rushcliffe constituency which includes Hucknall 1910 - After being manager for twelve years, Mr C.E. Stallard buys boot and shoe business close to market place 1911 - Conveyance of building land on King Edward Street to Stephen & Richard Taylor, hosiery manufacturers 1911 - Population 15,870 1911 - Hucknall Collieries taken over by Sherwood Colliery Co. Ltd. 1911 - Salvation Army Hall opened on High Street 1911 - Five new classrooms for National School 1911 - Proposed new street called King Edward Street 1911 - New sewage works constructed 1912 - Morgan Kingston sings at Byron Rink 1912 - Byron Rink closed 1913 - Vedonis factory built on Watnall Road/Farleys Lane - listed as making underwear 1913 - Pilot Palace opened on Annesley Road 1914 - Temporary Red Cross Hospital at The Church Hall 1914 - King George V and Queen Mary visit Hucknall 1914 - Land which would become Titchfield Park given by The Duke of Portland 1914 - Pilot Palace re-opens as Scala Picture House 1914 - Papplewick Hall attcked by suffragettes 1915 - Public Hall given to town 1915 - Film & records synchronised for 'talkies' event at Co-op Hall 1915 - Picturedrome on Chapel Street for sale or to let 1915 - Hucknall branch of Citizen Army begins 1915 - Death of Elizabeth Smith, housekeeper for Queen Victoria at Osbourne 1915 - Samuel Green dies - son of Zachariah and himself a healer 1915 - Strike at cigar factory 1916 - Hucknall Torkard drops the suffix and becomes just Hucknall 1916 - Robert Edward Ryder awarded VC died Hucknall 1979 1916 - Zeppelins seen over Hucknall 1916 - Death of Miss Jackson, a local benefactor 1916 - Papplewick Grange bought by Sir Julian Cahn 1916 - Death of Major Webb in British East Africa, owner of Newstead Abbey 1917 - Cigar workers on strike 1918 - Engine house built for Raynor's factory on Byron Street 1918 - American service personnel at Hucknall Aerodrome 1918 - Hucknall in Broxtowe Constituency when voting for Member of Parliament 1919 - Addison s Act enables HUDC to build new houses 1919 - Plans drawn to build Co-op bakery on West Street 1919 - Nottingham try to incorporate Hucknall into the city 1919 - Aerodrome to be Landing Station for London, Manchester & Belfast route 1919 - Peace Parade of servicemen from Market Place to Broomhill 1919 - Green Dragon Inn for sale by auction 1919 - Purchase of allotments from Duke of Portland 1919 - Peace Day celebrated by Hucknall children on Titchfield Park 1920 - Plans passed for Bamkin's factory and house on Portland Road 1920 - Amoid factory built 1920 - Co-operative Society bakery opens on West Street 1920 - Papplewick Hall for sale 1920 - Mansfield Engineering take over hangers at aerodrome 1920 - Wesleyan Chapel re-opened after renovation 1920 - Plan to locate Cenotaph on Market Place 1920 - HUDC offering Housing Bonds for loans to build houses 1920 - Baptist Church. Memorial Tablet to their fallen in Great War 1920 - Wesleyan Chapel re-opened after renovation 1920 - Parish Church Organ re-opening service 1920 - Suggested site on Market Place for towns memorial to the fallen in the Great War 1920 - HUDC requesting loans enabling them to build council houses 1920 - Trinity Church. Plaque unveiled at Trinity Church to their fallen in Great War 1920 - Baptist Church. Commemorative windows to those who returned from Great War 1920 - St. John s Memorial Window dedicated to fallen in Great War 1920 - Open Day for locals to inspect the Co-op New Machine Bakery on West Street 1920 - Disastrous fire at Bodill & Sons builders. Stock for Council House building work destroyed 1920 - Bamkins plan for hosiery factory and house on Portland Road 1920 - New factory for Raynor & Sons on Building Street 1921 - Population 16,834 1921 - Formation of Hucknall Philharmonic Society 1921 - Council begins to lay out design of Titchfield Park 1921 - Hucknall British Legion founded 1921 - Extension of waterworks 1922 - Titchfield Park opened 1922 - War Memorial on Titchfield Park commemorated 1923 - Prince of Wales visits Hucknall 1923 - Bodill s to build workshop and sheds on Sherwood Street 1923 - Functions of Burial Board taken over by council 1923 - Conveyance of land to Hucknall District Council for extension of Titchfield Park 1924 - H. Johns to build Wighay petrol filling station 1924 - Tea Pavilion on Titchfield Park designed by T.C. Howitt 1924 - Alms Houses to be built on Church Drive 1924 - Spiritualist Society plan for new church on Derbyshire Lane 1924 - Celebrations of centenary of Byron s funeral held 1924 Westville, Hucknall housing extensions to the west 1924 - First Wireless Station in Notts. erected in Hucknall 1925 - Extension of Titchfield Park by Miners' Welfare Fund 
1925 - Spiritualist Church opened1925 - Wass and Coupe on Wigwam Lane listed as making socks 1925 - Factory to be built on Park Drive for Turner 1925 - Tenders requested for electric lighting of Public Hall, Library and Council Offices 1926 - Official founding of Hucknall Rotary Club 1926 - Duke of York (later King George VI) visits alms houses on Park Drive 1926 - Hucknall Rotary Club started 1927 - Great Air Pageant at aerodrome including air race for King's Cup 1927 - Dance Hall to be built on Parker Street 1927 - Cripples Clinic built for Cripples Guild on Derbyshire Lane (Now Orthopaedic Clinic) 1927 - Powers & duties of Overseers of the Poor transferred to U.D.C. 1928 - Cripples Clinic (later renamed Orthopaedic Clinic) opens 1928 - Plans passed for Empire Cinema 1928 - Highfields factory on Whyburn Street listed as making outerwear - later to move to Byron Street and become Courtaulds 1928 - Millott s Yard demolished 1929 - Zachariah Green Monument moved from Market Place to Titchfield Park 1929 - Empire Picture House on Vine Terrace converted to 'Talkies' 1929 - Plans passed to rebuild Green Dragon 1929 - Plans passed to rebuild Taylor's factory after a fire 1929 - 6,000 needed for more classrooms for National School 1929 - James Saxton born Hucknall becomes president of Primitive Methodist Connexion. Dies during his year of office 1929 - New building planned for National School 1929 - Shipstone & Son rebuild Green Dragon 1930 - Sandy Lane windmill is demolished 1930 - Scala closed to install sound - re-opens in October 1930 - Reynold's factory on Papplewick Lane first listed as making underwear - later to move to Watnall Road making goods for the Montfort label 1930 - Plans passed for Storth Meadow Estate council houses 1930 - Plans passed for Co-operative Society on site of Torkard buildings 1930 - Organ installed at Trinity Methodist Church costing 1,600 1930 - Foot & mouth epidemic 1930 - New School buildings off Duke Street 1930 - Shop for Hucknall Co-op to be built near Central Station 1931 - Population 17,338 1932 - Anglo Plauen on the aerodrome site makes Schiffli Lace 1932 - Papplewick Grange, home of Sir Julien Cahn, demolished 1932 - Butler's Hill Station closed completely 1932 - Plans for Brookside Estate for H.U.D.C. 1932 - Papplewick Grange owned by Sir Julian Cahn up for auction 1933 - First Slum Clearance commences 1933 - Long Hill Rise planned 1933 - Plans for Palmer Avenue bungalows by H.U.D.C. 1933 - New hosiery factory for Reynolds on Watnall Road 1934 - Reynold's factory opened 1934 - First Hucknall week-long Carnival begins 1934 - Hucknall Harlequins Junior Prize Band formed 1934 - Byron Revellers Carnival Band formed 1934 - Hucknall Lavinracs Carnival Band formed 1934 - Hucknall Titchfield Nomads Jazz Band formed 
1934 - Silver Prize Band Jubilee1934 - Rolls Royce arrives at Aerodrome 1934 - Edwin Henry Story of Broomhill House dies 1935 - John Henry Beardsmore dies, aged 84 - author of History of Hucknall Torkard (published 1909) 1935 - Extension of Hucknall boundaries to include parts of Linby & Papplewick 1935 - Hucknall Sunray Hussars Carnival Band formed 1935 - Richard Richmond to build hosiery factory on Caddaw Avenue 1935 - Plans for Washdyke Lane Estate by H.U.D.C. 1935 - Layout of Bacon Springs Estate by Whittle 1935 - Rolls Royce plan two testing houses at aerodrome 1935 - Swimming pool planned at Papplewick Lido 1935 - Dr Coates, father of Eric, dies at Basingstoke 1936 - Hucknall Pearlies Carnival Band formed 1936 - Child Welfare Clinic opens on Watnall Road 1936 - Byron Cinema opens 1936 - North Hill Estate being erected 1936 - Oakenhall Estate being erected 1936 - Maternity and Child Welfare Clinic on Watnall Road 1936 - Plans laid out for Thoresby Estate 1936 - Canon Michael O Reilly dies. Priest of Roman Catholic Church from 1905 1937 - Wighay Nook, an old farmhouse on Annesley Road, demolished 1937 - Bulwell Wood Hall destroyed by fire 1937 - Demise of Hucknall Silver Band 1937 - George Cooper begins Beauvale Estate (this continues) 1937 - New housing estate to be built off Henry Street 1937 - Caddaw Avenue bungalows to be built for H.U.D.C. 1937 - Pit Head Baths planned for No.1 Colliery 1937 - Hucknall Silver Band disbanded 1938 - Byron's Rest Inn demolished to widen High Street 1938 - Jones' Hosiery on Byron Street first listed making socks - later moves to Occupation Road and eventually to Beneworth Close now making leisure wear 1938 - Taylor's Buildings on Portland Road demolished 1938 - Old Manor House on High Street demolished 1938 - On Beauvale Estate Cooper s plan bomb proof shelter 1938 - Trent bus garage opens on Portland Road 1938 - New factory built on Caddaw Avenue for Richette 1938 - Old Manor House on High Street being demolished 1938 - Park Lake not to be filled in 1938 - Fish & Chip restaurant opens on Springfield Road, Beauvale Estate 1938 - Richette factory opens 1938 - Cannon Barber unearths foundations of earlier church 1938 - Trent bus garage opened on Portland Road 1939 - Hucknall No. 1 (Top Pit) pit head baths opens 1939 - Ten miners in a pit cage crash. One killed 1939 - Development of Ruffs Farm Estate by H.U.D.C. 1939 - Hucknall Excelsior Band wound up 1939 - An air raid shelter is planned for Richard Richmond factory 1940 - Aeroplane crashes into house on Laughton Crescent. Six people die. 1940 - Williams' factory on Caddaw Avenue making service uniforms - bombed out of London - moves back south after the War 1940 - Co-operative Dairy opens on Park Drive 1940 - Diamond Jubilee of Mussons shop 1940 - Hucknall launches Spitfire Fund 1940 - John Munks celebrates 60 years as organist 1941 - Messerschmitt on Market Place 1941 - Plans for wartime day nursery on Sandy Lane 1941 - Emergency Information Centre at library in case of enemy air action 1941 - Air Training Corps to be founded in Hucknall 1942 - First marriage at Church of Christ on Watnall Road 1944 - Mrs Emily Ada Story of Broomhill House dies 1944 - New Fire Station opens 1945 - Forces Canteen at Reynolds Factory closed 1945 - Broomhill House auctioned 1945 - Hut bought to use as a Community Centre set up on Rockwood Crescent, Beauvale Estate 1946 - Worries that Castle Mill at Linby would be demolished 1946 - Hucknall Co-operative Orchestra formed 1946 - Hucknall Clinic purchased from Sir J. Cahn s executors 1946 - Hucknall British Legion moves into The Elms on Beardall Street 1946 - Mr. G. A. Ward retires as registrar after 50 years 1946 - Annie Holgate, after whom some local schools are named, dies 1946 - First prefabs completed 1947 - Mary Cecilia Jackson of Broomhill House dies 1947 - Both Hucknall Collieries vested in NCB East Midland Division 1947 - Portland Farm demolished 1947 - First prefabs arrive in Hucknall 1947 - Hucknall Collieries Welfare Scheme inaugurated 1947 - Site of former Papplewick Grange, later a Lido, bought by the Preston family 1948 - Wandess on High Street listed as making hosiery 1948 - Corman's on Portland Road listed as making trousers and jackets - later moves to Bolsover Street 1948 - Tablet unveiled by minister of Wesleyan Reform to five servicemen who lost their lives in WWII 1949 - Youth Employment Bureau established 1949 - New canteen at Highfield Hosiery Factory on Byron Street 1949 - A new gate for Titchfield Park. Original metal gate taken down in wartime 1950 - Hollins: Viyella on Caddaw Avenue listed as making shirts 1950 - Annie Holgate Infant School opens 1950 - Linby Colliery F.C. compete against Gillingham first round of F.A. Challenge Cup 1950 - Broomhill House on fire owner Mr. V.N. Radford 1950 - Watnall Colliery closed 1951 - Population 23,290 1951 - Cigar factory closed 1951 - West Street Gospel Hall built 1951 - Cavendish St. Methodist re-opens after 3 yrs restoration 1951 - Beauvale Community Centre completed 1951 - Protests at state of footpath from Beauvale Estate to Annie Holgate School 1951 - Community Centre built on field behind houses on Beauvale Crescent 1952 - Annie Holgate Junior School opens 1952 - Co-operative Society purchases mobile grocery shop for out-of-town estates 1952 - Hucknall Midland Station closed to goods traffic but renamed Hucknall Byron 1952 - Spendour Ltd. of Caddaw Avenue wound up 1953 - Jubilee of Sunday School building at Trinity 1953 - Flying Bedstead experimental rig begins testing - later to become Harrier jump jet 1953 - Jubilee of Hucknall Dispatch 1954 - Co-operative Society branch on Beauvale Estate opens 1954 - Co-operative Society branch on Ruffs Estate opens 1954 - Archbishop of York (Dr Cyril Garbett) visits Hucknall 1954 - Cigar factory auctioned - bought by Landmaster 1955 - Annie Holgate Secondary School building unfinished but opens for pupils 1955 - Stallards building demolished allowing South Street corner to be improved 1955 - Film of Flying Bedstead in local cinema 1955 - Hucknall in Nottingham North Constituency when voting for Member of Parliament 1955 - Captain Ronald Shepherd dies - first man to pilot the Flying Bedstead (VTO machine) 1955 - Airfield runways being extended 1956 - St. Mary's Church organ restored at a cost of 3,500 1956 - Plans for Welbeck Estate given approval 1956 - Plan to build C. of. E. church on Ruffs Estate 1956 - Viyella factory opens new canteen 1957 - Scala closes 1957 - Flying Bedstead crashes - pilot Larson killed 1957 - Last day at Hucknall R.A.F. station 1957 - Annie Holgate Secondary School officially opened 1957 - Eric Coates dies 1957 - Stallard's Shoe Shop beside Market Place demolished, together with other buildings fronting the Half Moon public house 1957 - Papplewick Methodist Chapel closed 1957 - Work begins at No.2 Colliery on a 3,000,000 scheme to extend life for further 50 years 1958 - Bulwell Hall to be demolished 1958 - Dedication of new bells at St. Mary's 1958 - Anglican church hall being built on Ruffs Estate 1958 - British Legion hall opened 1958 - Mr. Toon Head of Spring Street Boys retires 1958 - New Catholic Church to be built on Watnall Road 1958 - R.A.F. Camp chapel to be re-erected on Seymour Road for Baptists 1959 - Seymour Road Baptist Church opens 1959 - Spring Street Boys & Girls Schools amalgamated 1960 - Catholic Church on Watnall Road opens - built by Bodill's at a cost of 40,000 excluding fittings 1960 - St. Peter's Church closed 1960 - Catholic parish hall opened 1960 - New telephone exchange built on Portland Road 1961 - Population 23,470 1962 - Co-operative Society opens supermarket on High Street 1962 - Cormans new factory on Bolsover Street opens 1962 - Wood Lane Estate being built by Wimpey 1963 - Methodist Churches join. Trinity, Bourne and Wesley become Central Methodist Church 1963 - New National School built on land off Montague Road 1963 - Bethesda & Cavendish Street churches combine to form the new East Side Methodist Church 1964 - Last passenger train for almost 30 years runs through Hucknall 1964 - Licence for a new Inn on Wighay Estate in approx 1 years time 1964 - Surrender of licence for Fox & Hounds on Annesley Road 1964 - Work on a new coal seam at No.2 Colliery called Black Shale 1965 - Hucknall Technical Grammar School opens 1966 - Wundova Stretch on High Street/Station Road makes stretch covers - later moves to Bulwell then to old bakery on West Street making childrenswear and sportswear 1966 - Trials on H.M.S. Bulwark of P1127, the Hawker Kestrel, forerunner of the Harrier 1966 - Hexagonal Church St. Peter & St. Paul opened on Ruffs Drive 1966 - Hucknall Town Station closed by Dr. Beeching 1967 - Catholic School on Walkmill Drive opens 1967 - Bestwood Colliery closed 1968 - Hucknall Zoo opens 1968 - Bestwood Colliery closed 1968 - Byron Cinema doubles as a Bingo Hall 1969 - Hucknall Co-operative Society amalgamates with Nottingham Co-operative Society 1969 - Demolition of No.2 Colliery chimney last vestige of steam working 1969 - Bethesda Methodist Church demolished 1970 - East Side embark on a rebuilding scheme 1970 - Cavendish Street Church (formerly Prims) demolished 1970 - East Side Methodist Church on Bestwood Road opens 1970 - Manor Farm on Station Road demolished 1971 - Population 26,570 1971 - Church of Christ on Watnall Road closes 1971 - Flight testing stopped at airfield 1972 - Vine Manufacturing on Vine Terrace makes babywear 1973 - Church of Christ on Watnall Road demolished 1973 - Eric Horriben s book about Hucknall s history published 1973 - Moss & Plumbs mansion demolished 1973 - Richard Bullock youngest and last Chairman of Hucknall UDC 1974 - Hucknall Urban District Council disbanded 1974 - Hucknall joins with other areas to become part of Ashfield District Council 1974 - Phase 1 of new National Comprehensive School on Annesley Road 1974 - Hucknall in Ashfield Constituency when voting for a Member of Parliament 1975 - Royal British Legion Housing Association building Buzzard Court on Hankin Street 1976 - British Legion's Herbert Buzzard Court opens 1976 - Sherwood Zoo closes 1976 - Beardall Street Secondary, Annie Holgate Secondary & Holgate Grammer Schools amalgamated into Holgate Comprehensive 1979 - Central Methodist Church Centre opens 1979 - Robert Edward Ryder VC died 1980 - Mary Green dies 1981 - John Round becomes head of Holgate Comprehensive 
1982 - Phase 2 of new National Comprehensive completed1982 - Contents of Papplewick Hall sold by Sothebys 1983 - Hucknall in Sherwood Constituency when voting for a Member of Parliament 1984 - Local collieries influenced by National miners strike 1984 - Hucknall Heritage Society inaugurated 1985 - Papplewick Lido closes 1985 - Moorgreen Colliery closed 1985 - Papplewick Lido site sold by the Preston Family 1986 - Hucknall Colliery closes 1988 - Date stone laid for new Methodist church on Baker Street 1989 - New Central Methodist Church built 1990 - Netz Sports on Watnall Road makes team sportswear 1991 - First phase of Hucknall bypass opened 1991 - Bucks shawl making factory closes 1992 - Hucknall Leisure Centre Swimming Pool opened by Duncan Goodhew 1992 - Price and Buckland on Beneworth Close makes leisurewear 1992 - Work begins on Robin Hood line 1992 - UK Waste Management plan to use Watnall Brickyard as landfill site but permission not granted 1992 - Waste not wanted. Local protest group 1992 - Plan for new nursery, infants and junior school on Broomhill Road 1992 - Start of work making golf course on colliery spoil heap, Wigwam Lane 1992 - Hucknall Collieries Welfare Scheme closes 1993 - Hucknall bypass opens 1993 - Robin Hood Railway Line opens 1993 - Congregational Church on Portland Rd. closes - congregation transferred to Hazel Grove 1993 - Hucknall s last prefab. demolished 1994 - Butler's Hill School demolished 1994 - Fine Fare premises on Nottingham Road demolished 1994 - New houses built on land previously belonging to Fine Fare, Nottingham Road 1994 - Refurbished Church Hall to re-open as Community Hall 1994 - Corman's factory closes for manufacturing - production moves to Portugal 1994 - Hucknall Co-operative Society closes on Market Place 1994 - Butler's Hill Infants School opens on a new site - Broomhill Road 1994 - Beardall School top of Duke Street demolished 1994 - Toxic fumes leak from Berridges site on Wigwam Lane 1994 - Annesley Bentinck pit closes 1994 - Vedonis factory closes 1994 - Cricket pavilion on Titchfield Park demolished 1995 - Certa Cito on Bolsover Street makes a variety of bags for schools 1995 - White Rose Nursing Home built on site of Butler's Hill School 1995 - Community Hall on Ogle Street opens - (formerly Church Hall) 1995 - International Clothing Centre on Annesley Rd. opens 1996 - Vedonis factory demolished - Hassall Homes on site 1996 - Hucknall Torkard Times commences 1997 - Methodists celebrate 200 years of history in Hucknall 1997 - Hucknall threatened - thousands of new houses to be built 1997 - Wandess Hosiery / Vine Manufacturing finally closes 1997 - Jaeger Factory closes 1997 - Hollins Viyella factory closes 1998 - New College Nottingham (Hucknall Centre) being built 1998 - Robert Kenny becomes head of Holgate Comprehensive 1999 - Viyella Factory demolished - New houses on site 1999 - New College opens 1999 - Houses being built on former allotments on Linby Road by Wimpey builders 1999 - Robin Bailey, famous local actor, dies 1999 - Houses being built on Beardall St. opposite Henry Street  2000 - Courtaulds Textile factory (Highfields) on Byron Street closes 2000 - Broomhill Court demolished (senior citizens bedsits and social centre). Bungalows built on site. 2000 - Stag Furniture factory to close 2000 - Annesley Colliery closed 2000 - Boys Brigade Centenery 2001 - Houses being built on Stag Furniture site 
2001 - Jobs threatened at Rolls Royce2001 - Houses being built on Highfields Site 2002 - Wundova Stretch closes 2003 - Images found in Public Hall 2003 - Houses being built behind Iceland store on former Bottom Pit No. 2 Colliery site - Persimmon builders 2003 - Tesco superstore opens 2003 - Co-operative Society building on Market Place being renovated and made into flats and retail premises 2003 - Houses to be built on Broomhill Farm and on Broomhill House gardens 2003 - Trams running along tracks beside Robin Hood Railway line. Opening to public put back 2004 - NET Tram line opened to public 2004 - Byron statue put back into niche on old Co-operative Society building on Market Place 2004 - Houses being built at the bottom of Sherwood Street - Wimpey 2004 - Salvation Army's 125 years anniversary 2004 - Butlers Hill Post Office closed 2004 - Coloured asphalt (red) for cycle lanes on Nottingham Road 2004 - Hucknall Heritage Trail with Hucknall Dispatch 2005 - Princess Anne opens new science block at National School 2005 - Land for sale for housing behind Papplewick Lane 2005 - Netz sports garment manufacture closed  2005 - Houses being built on site of No. 2 Colliery, Bottom Pit - David Wilson builders 2005 - Memorial statue to miners by Graham Ibbeson unveiled on Station Road 2005 - Hucknall Town F.C. in final of F.A. Trophy but lost in a penalty shootout 2005 - Safeway (Morrison's) supermarket in town centre closes 2005 - Land cleared on Butler's Hill allotments to build industrial units 2006 - Houses being built on Broomhill Park by Persimmon Builders - Estate named Oakenhall 2006 - Amoid factory demolished - land cleared for houses 2006 - Houses rising on Pinfold 2006 - Science and technology park lined up for Hucknall on Rolls Royce site 2007 - Hucknall Market Place refurbished 2007 - Morris Homes to be built on Broomhill Farm site 
2007 - Ben Bailey Homes being erected on Farley's Lane as 'Rosemoor Estate'2007 - Signs erected detailing building of Morris Homes on Broomhill Farm site 2007 - 'Flight of Fancy' artwork unveiled in front of 'Half Moon Hotel' 2007 - Market Place officially opened 2008 - Hucknall U3A inaugurated 2008 - Former Scala Cinema demolished 2008 - Annesley Road Post Office closed 2008 - Earthquake felt in Hucknall 2008 - Hucknall U3A (University of the Third Age) commenced meetings 2008 - Engine testing finishes at Rolls Royce 2008 - Homes being built on Winifred Street (off Portland Road) 2008 - Book to celebrate centenary of Church Hall published by Lovelace Theatre Group 2008 - Dedication ceremony of plaques (which were set in garden at Central Methodist Church) to commemorate sacrifice of Great War service personnel 2008 - Hucknall & Linby Community Brass Band 1st rehersal in Hucknall 2009 - Hucknall Manufacturing Co. buildings/workshops complex (for shawl trade) demolished  2009 - Renovation and building work at Central Methodist Church to provide two new community rooms 2009 - Jubilee celebrations for Seymour Road Baptist Church 2009 - Watnall Chimneys demolished 2009 - Clay's butchers shop closes after 115 years 2010 - Hucknall Library closed for refit and to go 'self-selection' 
2010 - Nurses Home / Belper House demolished2010 - November/December - many events cancelled to due snow 2010 - Hurdler Andy Turner wins Gold Medal at Commonwealth Games 2011 - This is Hucknall DVD produced 2011 - Newstead Abbey only open Sundays 2011 - Taylder's shop on Baker Street demolished 2011 - Maltshovel public house becomes Bella Mia - an Italian & Greek restaurant 2011 - Inner bypass money released 2011 - Urgent fundraising effort begins to renovate church tower 2011 - Trent bus garage on Portland Road ceased operating 2012 - East Side Methodist Church linked with Central Methodist 2012 - Wesleyan Reform Church closes 2012 - Calverton Colliery railway line to become cycle and walkway 2012 - Hucknall Dispatch Office closed. Newspaper continues with office at Ilkeston 
2012 - Byron Business Centre opened. (Formerly Beardall St. Boys School) 
2012 - A new Beardall St. Primary School to be built on Wigwam Lane development2013 - Severe floods in Hucknall on 23rd July 2013 - Lottery grant towards parish church tower 2013 - Flying Bedstead pub closed. Application for Co-op on site 2013 - Dispatch newspaper now part of Mansfield Chad Group 2014 - Work starts to build houses on Broomhill Farm 2014 - Beardall School closed 2014 - Flying Bedstead public house demolished 2014 - Miners killed working at Hucknall & Linby Collieries remembered on stones near the miners statue on Station Road 2015 - Bamkin s Factory to be demolished - formerly Jaeger; originally S. Taylor & Co. 2015 - Masons Arms demolished - Sainsbury s to be built on site 2015 - Land cleared houses to be built on large part of Rolls Royce site 2015 - NCN Hucknall College to close 2015 - Nottingham Heritage Vehicle Charity took over Trent bus garage 2015 - Work commences for pedestrianisation and inner bypass 2015 - Hucknall Library to close for building work and update  2015 - Buildings demolished on Baker Street 2015 - All testing stopped and airfield closed 2016 - Land around Farleys Spring cleared 2016 - Former New College Nottingham building to become Sixth Form College 2016 - Zachariah Green's memorial on Titchfield Park renovated 2016 - Hucknall Inner Bypass opened - to be called Torkard Way 2017 - Seymour Road Baptist Church changes name to West Hucknall Baptist Church 2017 - Pedestrian area of High Street completed 2017 - Building known as Roman's in danger of collapse. Other than St. Mary's, it was originally the earliest church building in Hucknall 2017 - Hope is offered for a conservation zone in Hucknall 2017 - Images found in Public Hall donated to Hucknall Heritage Society 2017 - Hucknall Flight Test Museum with Charitable Trust formed 
2018 - Byron Bingo Hall, originally Byron Cinema, up for sale by auction2018 - New road open from bypass to Rolls Royce 2018 - Cycle Tour of Britain to come through Hucknall again 2018 - Josery Textiles on Beneworth Close closed 2018 - School planned for housing estates on Rolls Royce site 2018 - Hundreds of poppies decorate the Market Place for the centenary of the Great War 2018 - Plans to demolish the old Co-op Bakery building on West Street. Houses to be built on the site 2019 - New owner plans to reopen the Byron as a cinema 2019 - Reynolds former hosiery factory being demolished due to fire 2019 - Conservation area ratified 2019 - More homes to be built on Rolls Royce and Broomhill Farm sites 2019 - Byron former cinema being renovated and new entrance built  2020 - Art work commemorating Hucknall No. 1 Top Pit 2020 - Flying High Academy officially opened on former Rolls Royce site 2020 - Byron due to open March with 4 screens - new name Arc Cinema 2020 - Chequers Hotel on High Street for sale 2020 - Barclays Bank to close leaving just Lloyds in town 2020 - Sandicliffe garage/motors moved leaving large vacant site on Portland Road 2020 - English Heritage list R.A.F. Command Tower for aerodrome 2020 - Top Wighay development begins 2020 - Rolls Royce to cut jobs 2020 - Ben Caunt listed in New York s bare knuckle Hall of Fame 2020 - Plans lodged for Lidl supermarket on Watnall Road 2021 - Serious road works continue to facilitate housing on Top Wighay Farm land 2021 - Work commences in Titchfield Park - re-aligning brook and flood storage 2021 - Building work begins on corner of Annesley Road and bypass 2021 - Police Station on Watnall Road to be demolished - homes to be built on site 2021 - New health centre to be built on Piggins Croft car park 2021 - Public Hall sold - new owner to develop building into flats 2021 - Ashfield D. C. Local Plan - threat of thousands of houses in Whyburn area 2021 - Portland Arms on Annesley Road for sale 2021 - Rolls Royce finalise ending their land holdings in former airfield area 2022 - Hucknall s Heroes, a book by Andy McKinnon, published about Hucknall men who served in the Great War 2022 - Portland Arms to be made into flats 2022 - Yew Tree to be made into flats 2022 - Hucknall Independent Party say Whyburn Farm development is saved 2022 - Cenotaph's 100th Anniversary of unveiling celebrated by Hucknall Heritage Society 2023 - Another swimming pool built located at Hucknall Leisure Centre 2023 - Old Station Road cottage for auction - possibly oldest building in town except Saint Mary's Church 2023 - Wilkinson's (Wilko's) shop closed 2023 - Chequers Hotel turned into flats 2023 - Horse & Groom at Linby closed 2023 - Planning permission granted to Hucknall Flight Test Museum for a visitor facilities modular building 2023 - Red Lion is closed then very quickly reopens 2023 - Boys Brigade at Central Methodist Church is disbanded 2023 - More houses being built on former Broomhill Farm site (Bellway Homes) 2024 - New shop 'The Range' opens on former Wilkinson's site 2024 - Linby Horse and Groom reopens 2024 - Preparatory work begins for house building on former Hucknall Town football field 2024 - Hucknall Torkard Times ceases production 2024 - Notts County Council Offices being built on right hand side of Annesley Road - Gedling District Council 2024 - Plans put forward again to build homes on land close to Misk Hill 2024 - Constituency of Sherwood changes to Labour for M.P. 2024 - Harper Crewe 'Homes' being built on former football ground site on Watnall Road 2025 - Hucknall seems to have lost the £9 million promised by Government for updating, due to change to Labour government 2025 - Flight Test Museum still awaiting money from ADC 2025 - Plans put forward to move the 'Flying Bedstead' monument from a traffic island to a place close to the Flight Test Museum 2025 - Flight Test Museum officially opens 2025 - Pedestrian bridge over River Trent being built in Hucknall |
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