I thank those who have replied to my ‘Help please’ note below. I will leave it on for a few more weeks –so there is still time to reply.

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To find your way around the site, there is an index to the Grand Tour, and a site guide at the end of it . And because the site is constantly being updated, I have added a Supplementary Index to keep pace with the updates.
You can also use the search boxes — top right and at the top of the left side-bar of this home page, — or use the menus on most of the pages.
Please send your questions, contributions and comments to me via email ([email protected]) or by using the contact form on the left.

Does this map show the site of Ilkeston’s first coffee house, even before Starbucks and Costa Coffee ?

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Which tradesman and passionate cricketer lived in Gregory House, Gregory Street, until his death in 1888 ? … three guesses !!

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A well-known Victorian Ilkeston couple … do you recognise them ?

And here’s a clue … the house they lived in

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What Inn once occupied this site ?

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Jim Beardsley has very kindly loaned a bundle of unique documents to the Old Ilkeston site from his personal collection. The papers include fascinating details of Victorian property ownership. All of the plans below are from Jim’s collection.

Any idea what this plan below is showing ? .. there are lots of clues within it.

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Burr Lane … but perhaps not as you know it

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Can you connect the Plan below with the Photo above ? (Jim Beardsley Collection) 

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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.
You can contact me either using the Contact Form on the sidebar or by email … [email protected]

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