Mansfield, Butter Cross, Westgate

The 1820 Settler Correspondence
as preserved in the National Archives, Kew
and edited by Sue Mackay

1820 Settler Places in Britain and Éire

In many cases, particularly in cities like London and Bristol, many buildings with settler ties no longer exist. In such cases I have tried to include historical pictures where possible, and where I have not been able to take pictures myself I have added pictures from www.geograph.co.uk, which can be used under a Creative Commons Licence. Where the photographer’s name appears as a clickable link followed by a CC BY-SA 2.0 reference, the original photo can be viewed together with other photographs of the surrounding area.

The pictures are currently arranged by county for England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales, with separate sections for the cities of Birmingham, Bristol, Dublin, Edinburgh, Liverpool, London, Manchester and Nottingham. London has been further sub-divided into Boroughs so as not to have too many pictures in one file. The pictures appear as small icons with a brief title. Clicking on them will reveal a larger picture with text explaining the link to one or more settlers and a credit to the photographer. Clicking on the + sign will further enlarge the picture to full screen (ESCape to exit full screen), and the photographs can all be downloaded from the site.

Nottinghamshire

26th February 2019

Sue Mackay

Mansfield, the 16th century Butter Cross in Westgate. Next to the cross is a water pump erected recently to commemorate the start of Methodism in the town in 1788, when John Adams, a Methodist preacher from Nottingham, conducted worship by the water pump in the Old Market Place. Later a Methodist Chapel was established in Bridge Street, where two sons of Thomas and Sarah HARTLEY were baptised. Francis ALLISON, Thomas BROOKS and Samuel JACKSON also lived in Mansfield and would have attended the markets held here.
Photo by David Hallam-Jones (CC BY-SA 2.0)

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