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The pillar stump that can still be seen in the fenced-off plot of land beside the corner of Priory Street and Old Church Street is also visible in this 1922 photograph. At this time the land in question was the garden of an adjoining property. |
This shot was taken in 1935 following excavations on the Lenton Priory site. The stump, once one of the pillars in the Priory building, can still be seen today but the other stonework was covered up again. In the distance on the left part of the Priory Church is visible while the properties on the right came down in the early 1960s. |
Taken at the same time as the previous photograph but the cameraman has now shifted his position so that base of another pillar also comes into the shot. At the time of the excavations the land was part of the garden occupied by Harry Spick. Once the excavations were completed his garden was reinstated. |
A close-up of the stump with some of the properties on Old Church Street also seen in the previous two photographs forming a background to the shot. |
This photograph was taken of John (known as Harry) and Annie Wesley while on holiday in the 1950s. For many years the Wesley family used to live at No.25 Old Church Street. |
Our second photograph from the Wesley family album was also taken on holiday in the late 1950s and shows John Wesley (on the left) with his friends, John and Alan Woolley. |
The property featuring in this 2004 photograph was the Bott family home for many years. The story of the Bott family was recounted by Millie Farrell (nie Bott) in an article included in Lenton Times No.17. Now converted into one house with a side extension it was originally a semi-detached property and in the 1940s and 50s the Botts lived in one half and the Wesley family (Harry, Annie and their children) in the other. |
A view of the Priory 'stump' taken in 2004. A short row of houses now obscures the view of the church from this vantage point and the stump appears somewhat shorter - but only because the bottom portion lies beneath the ground and hidden from view. |
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