Plantagenet St
(Lamartine St to Alfred St & thence to Pym St)
6 Plantagenet Street......The 'Workingman's Retreat' - homes..photo circa 1973
A block of 6 almshouses on the south side of Plantagenet Street. Erected 1852
Interesting article on the Nottinghamshire History website. Extract: "George Gill endowed a block of almshouse dwellings in Plantagenet Street, not far from the rapidly developing St Ann’s Well Road, and the newly- envisaged Sneinton Market. The Working Man’s Retreat was built during 1852-53, and described as ‘six neat and commodious dwelling-houses...for working men, 60 years of age and upwards, who are not paupers nor have been paupers for five years. Its foundation deed went into more detail. The Retreat was built ‘For the reception and occupation of Aged People of the working - classes, who are not paupers ...and that the objects of such charity shall be Married men or Widowers of that age of Sixty Years or upwards ...and that such objects shall be of good moral character and be possessed of ...four shillings by the week at least, but not more than ten shillings a week.’
This little block is still in existence, owing its survival to a bit of good fortune. With the redevelopment of the St Ann’s area, each occupant of the Retreat who moved out or died left behind a dwelling that remained empty and abandoned. Vandalism followed, and the trustees of the charity who administered the Retreat possessed inadequate funds for its improvement. Then, in the late 1970s, the building came to the notice of Nottingham Community Housing Association, who acquired it on a 150-year lease. In the 1980s the Working Man’s Retreat was renovated into modem self-contained homes, and is now used for general family housing."
THE GREAT WAR
HANDLEY, HORACE GEORGE
Rank: Private Service No: 307524 Date of Death: 3/10/1918 Age: 21 Regiment/Service: Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) "B" Coy. 8th Bn. Panel Reference: Panel 7. Memorial: VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL Additional Information: Son of Harry and Annie Eliza Handley, of 73, Plantagenet St., Nottingham. Remembered on
Commonwealth War Graves Commission Nottinghamshire Great War Roll of Honour |
ROBINSON, JOHN PERCY
Rank: Private Service No: 235507 Date of Death: 7/10/1918 Age: 22 Regiment/Service: Leicestershire Regiment 6th Bn. Grave Reference: I. B. 168. Cemetery: LE CATEAU MILITARY CEMETERY Additional Information: Son of John William and Annie Robinson, of 5, Plantagenet St., Nottingham. Remembered on
Commonwealth War Graves Commission Nottinghamshire Great War Roll of Honour |
BARKER, THOMAS
Rank: Private Service No: 11783 Date of Death: 11/09/1916 Age: 21 Regiment/Service: Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) 9th Bn. Grave Reference: I. B. 26. Cemetery: OVILLERS MILITARY CEMETERY Additional Information: Son of Charles and Ellen Barker, of 45, Plantagenet St., Nottingham. Military History 11783 Private Thomas Barker, 9th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) when killed. He arrived in France with 1st battalion on 4/11/1914. At some time he was transferred to the 9th battalion. The 9th battalion were in trenches in front of Ovillers and enemy artillery plagued the battalion resulting in the death of Thomas and three of his pals. Remembered on Sources: Commonwealth War Graves Commission Nottinghamshire Great War Roll of Honour |
SHARP, THOMAS PAINE
Rank: Private Service No: 6679 Date of Death: 7/10/1916 Age: 23 Regiment/Service: London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles) 1st/15th Bn. Panel Reference: Pier and Face 13 C. Memorial: THIEPVAL MEMORIAL Additional Information: Son of Mr. and Mrs. H. Sharp, of 97, Derby Rd., Long Eaton, Notts; husband of May Sharp, of 5, Plantagenet St., Nottingham. B. Sc. Place of birth Hyson Green Nottingham Family History His father was a baker/confectioner/gingerbread maker. He was the husband of May Sharp of 5 Plantagenet Street Nottingham. Sharp joined the OTC at University College Nottingham where he trained to teach after obtaining a (London external) B.Sc. Sharp was the youngest of five, with two sisters teaching in 1901 and brothers employed as a draughtsman and an architect’s pupil. . Employment/Hobbies Sharp attended Mundella School Meadows Nottingham. In August 1914, he was teaching at St Andrews’ Trust School, Nottingham. Remembered on
Commonwealth War Graves Commission Nottinghamshire Great War Roll of Honour |
Name:
Charles Albert Draper Birth Date: abt 1881 Residence Place: 52 Plantagenet St Enlistment Age: 34 Enlistment Year: 1915 Regimental Number: 154911 |
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Wilson Newman Drinkwater Birth Date: abt 1891 Residence Place: 10 Plantagenet St, Nottingham Enlistment Age: 24 Enlistment Year: 1915 Regimental Number: 106483 Regiment Name: Army Service Corps Occupation engineers draughtsman mentioned in dispatches 10 July 1919 demob 1919 |
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Samuel Frederick Lowe Birth Date: abt 1896 Residence Place: 33 Plantagenet St Nottingham Enlistment Age: 21 Enlistment Year: 1917 Regimental Number: 106560 Regiment Name: Royal Army Medical Corps |
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David Marshall Birth Date: abt 1874 Residence: 55 Plantagenet St Age at Enlistment: 43 Enlistment Year: 1917 Regimental Number: 239297 Regiment Name: Labour Corps Occupation miner demob 1917 |
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Arthur Yeatman Birth Year: abt 1876 Residence: 18 Plantagenet St Occupation: town labourer Age at Enlistment: 39 Enlistment Year: 1915 Regimental Number: 71667 Regiment Name: Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derby Regiment) 5th Bn. Demob |