Hyson Green
Hyson Green | ||
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Shire county | ||
Region | ||
Country | England | |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom | |
Post town | NOTTINGHAM | |
Postcode district | NG7 | |
Dialling code | 0115 | |
Police | Nottinghamshire | |
Fire | Nottinghamshire | |
Ambulance | East Midlands | |
UK Parliament | ||
Hyson Green is a neighbourhood in Nottingham, England. It is home to a variety of cultures with a thriving local economy. Hyson Green has the largest ethnic minority population in the city. Since 2006 Hyson Green has seen a larger rise in development and direct international investment than any other area of Nottingham.
Hyson Green is spread over
The area is served by Radford Road tram stop and Hyson Green Market tram stop on the Nottingham Express Transit. The opening of the tram system has boosted Hyson Green's profile and helped to regenerate the area.[2][3]
History
Hyson Green was built on the southern part of the Basford and Nottingham Lings, a large sandy waste of gorse bushes, ling, and heather with patches of grass. After the Norman Conquest it became part of the demesne of
First housing
The first modern house was built in 1802; in 1820, rows of houses were built in Pleasant Row, Lenton Street, Saville Row, Lindsay Street, and Pepper Street by societies of workmen: stocking-makers and warp hands. The houses cost £70 each, and workmen paid for them in instalments. The upper rooms were used as workshops where the residents installed rented
The government of Nottingham was changed by the Municipal Corporations Act 1835. The Enclosure Act, 1844 freed Nottingham's open fields for building.
The streets were
By 1912, Hyson Green was an area of gridiron streets with densely packed, small terraced houses. The generous gardens of the previous generation had been infilled with rows of small cottages.[6] The area had become a classic slum, with high infant mortality and a strong self-supportive community.
On the flats
The Hyson Green Flats were built in 1965 and demolished in 1988. They were a well-known landmark in their day, and many people enjoyed living in the area due to its strong community spirit.[7] There were 593 individual flats and maisonettes. They had a kitchen, separate bathroom and toilet, and communal underfloor central heating.[8]
Councillor Marcia Watson reminisced:
High rise was popular then. People weren’t fussy back then. The view was beautiful. Absolutely beautiful. I loved it…for me, moving in and living there, it was the first home of my own.[9][10]
Nottingham City Council had built these high-rise and deck-access developments using major contractors, notably
1981 riots in Hyson Green
In 1981, there were serious riots across many major cities in England, including Nottingham, on the weekend of 10–12 July. The main motives for the riots were related to racial tension and inner-city deprivation, together with a distrust of the police and 'authority' in general. The riots started on the Friday night on Radford Road in response to a significant build-up of police presence, and moved to the flats in the early hours of Saturday morning. On the Saturday night the riots moved to the city centre when racists from outside the town had attacked blacks under the cover of the riots. The fighting began as a confrontation with the police using stones and petrol bombs, with shop windows only being broken 'accidentally', but looting occurred later; the rioters were always of mixed races and ages, employed and unemployed. Petrol bombs were made and thrown, but an early attempt to torch the flats was successfully resisted by the residents. Over 100 people were arrested by the police, but only one man was charged.[11]
Prince Charles visited Hyson Green Flats in 1982, during a fact-finding tour of Britain's inner cities. 'He had minimum security as he visited the walkways and drank tea and talked with the residents. He left in a yellow helicopter', resident Mark Watson remembers.[12]
Housing after the flats
The cleared area was used for an Asda superstore and low-rise, lower-density housing.[7]
Geography
Adjacent to The Forest tram stop is the Forest Recreation Ground, which holds the annual Nottingham Goose Fair and frequent sport matches on the grass pitches. There is a small playground and several artificial grass pitches. The recreation ground was a race course in Victorian times.[6] Local facilities include a library, now situated in the Mary Potter Centre which is named after Mary Potter, who founded the Little Company of Mary in Nottingham.[citation needed] The former library building dates from approximately 1890 and has always been a free library.
Local economy and religion
Radford Road in Hyson Green is a busy shopping road outside the city centre. In 2013 it was home to two major Asian supermarkets.[13]
The local area has a Czech Republic Protestant Church, a Russian Orthodox Church, a Greek Orthodox Church, a Nigerian Catholic Church, 2 gurdwaras, 3 Hindu temples, a Buddhist temple, and 11 mosques.
- St Paul's Church, Hyson Green, now housing
- St Stephen's Church, Hyson Green
- Hyson Green Methodist Free Church, now a community centre
- St Mary's Roman Catholic Church
Transport
Nottingham City Transport
- L12: University Campus – QMC – Hyson Green – City Hospital Island.
- L14: Nottingham – Canning Circus – Hyson Green – City Hospital – Basford – Bulwell.
Nottingham Express Transit
Preceding station | NET | Following station | ||
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Radford Road towards Toton Lane
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Line 1 | Hucknall
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Radford Road towards Clifton South
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Line 2 | The Forest towards Phoenix Park
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- Tram: Nottingham – Hyson Green – Basford – Bulwell – Hucknall.
- Tram: Nottingham – Hyson Green – Basford – Phoenix Park.
Education
The closest secondary school is the Djanogly City Academy. On the edge of the district are Scotholme Primary and Nursery School, the two Berridge Primary and Nursery Schools, and, in New Radford, St Mary's RC Primary School.
Famous people
- Tom Blower (1914–1955), swimmer born in Hyson Green
- Peter Bowles (1936–2022), actor
- Fred Geary (1868–1955), the Everton and England footballer was born in Hyson Green. He started his career with Notts County.
- rapper
References
- ^ "Document Library: Ward Health Profiles 2014-2015 – Internal Network Insight". nottinghaminsight.org.uk. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
- ^ "NET Nets Top Award". NET website.
- ^ "Crime statistics, Basford/Hyson Green". Nottinghamshire Police website. 26 March 2007. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007.
- ^ a b Hyson Green (Plaque outside supermarket). Hyson Green: Asda. 2016.
- ^ a b c d Mellors, Robert (1914). "Nottinghamshire history > Old Nottingham suburbs: then and now[Radford and Hyson Green] (1914)". nottshistory.org.uk. Retrieved 5 January 2017.
- ^ a b c d "Nottingham City Council – Insight Mapping GIS Mapping". info.nottinghamcity.gov.uk. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
- ^ a b "Hyson Green History – www.hysongreenhistory.org: The Flats". hysongreenhistory.org.uk. Archived from the original on 5 January 2017. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
- ^ "Hyson Green History – www.hysongreenhistory.org: How They Looked". hysongreenhistory.org.uk. Archived from the original on 5 January 2017. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
- ^ a b "Nottingham | Municipal Dreams". municipaldreams.wordpress.com. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
- ISBN 9780993409301.
- ^ "Hyson Green History – www.hysongreenhistory.org: The Riots". hysongreenhistory.org.uk. Archived from the original on 5 January 2017. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
- ^ "Remembering a royal visit…". hysongreenhistory.org.uk. Archived from the original on 5 January 2017. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
- ^ "Ethnic Goodies in Hyson Greens – 'Medina Food Store' and 'Shariff & Sons Superstore'". 27 January 2013.
External links
- "Hyson Green History – www.hysongreenhistory.org: Links". hysongreenhistory.org.uk. Archived from the original on 3 January 2017. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
- "A Place To Call Our Own". Archived from the original on 6 January 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2017. Aerial video footage of the flats just before demolition in 1987