This site takes you on a walk around Victorian Ilkeston, with Adeline Wells as guide, and myself, Dave Johnson, as provider of supplementary history.

In the 1930’s Adeline wrote a series of letters to the Ilkeston Advertiser, describing her life in the town as a child and these help us navigate our route around the area and introduce us to its main characters.

——————————————————————————————————————–The fine photo below features William Henshaw (1883-1943 .. right, front row), once of Charlotte Street, and was kindly sent in by his grandson Rick Henshaw. Rick has also composed an intriguing account of the family, centred around George William Henshaw … which you can find here.


The Market Place area in 1800 … a new map

What story lies inside this book below? (Courtesy of Andrew Knighton)

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The postcard picture below, sent in by Pam Bates shows where our journey begins … at the bottom of Bath Street, with the Mundy Arms on the left and the Rutland Hotel on the right. The scene is dated about 1909 (?)

The postcard is dated on the reverse … April 14th 1925. You can find out more about it here. 


Recent Additions

Feb 23rd ... a little on the Irish Lallys in Ilkeston

Feb 19th ... Job Whysall (1797-1884) and family

Feb 18th ... a little detail on the family of John Trueman of the Durham Ox. Can anyone help with more ?

Feb 16th ... a profile of George Henshaw ... my thanks to Rick Henshaw

Feb 16th ... the Market Place about 1800 -- a new page

Feb 10th ... an update of Adcock's Yard in Bath Street

Feb 8th ... the residents of Chain Row

Feb 6th ... the strange death of Alfred Carrier

Feb 3rd ... a revision of the Burr Lane Brentnalls

Jan 30th ... Victorian Ilkeston's lesser known Park and Recreation area and Park Avenue

Jan 28th ... a new page on the old premises on the east side of Lower Market Place

Jan 26th ... who were George Bunting's neighbours in the Lower Market Place ?

Jan 24th ... a Beardsley puzzle in the Spring Cottage Inn 

Jan 22nd ... part of a Henshaw family tree sent in by Rick Henshaw

Jan 21st ... Wombell vs the Ranters .. a new page of scandel !!!

Jan 16th ... a map to show Slade Chapel in Chapel Street

Jan 15th .. there is a post about the Knighton/Beacroft families from Jan Wasley

Jan 13th ... a new map to show Ilkeston Town Station in 1866

Jan 12th ... More detail on the history of the Poplar Inn

Jan 8th ... find out all that happened in 1857 ... Old Ilson Blog

Jan 7th ... Ilkeston's new sewage farm 1884

Jan 6th ... the Local Board Map 1866 and other maps of Ilkeston

Jan 6th ... a new page on the Bath Street/East Street corner

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Any contributions and comments are all very welcome.
If you have any questions about your own Ilkeston research please put them forward.
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