Image ID: 11979

William Booth Statue, Sneinton, c 1992

Courtesy of Mrs Brenda M Hadley

Notintone Place
Nottingham, Sneinton
England

William Booth statue in Sneinton. Born in Notintone Place, 1829, and died in 1912. The Salvation Army under Booth's leadership was formed in 1878. In 1890 Hostel accommodation was provided. By the 1990s, 40,000 were cared for every night. The Salvation Army is active in 82 countries. Sneinton is one of the oldest parts of Nottingham. It has Nottingham's only surviving windmill, the birthplace of the founder of the Salvation Army, William Booth, and the home of the internationally famous scientist George Green. It also has remains of cave dwellings and the parish church, St Stephen's. Sneinton was originally called 'Notintone' but by 1194 the present name was recorded and has remained unchanged through the centuries. Formed about 900 AD, until 1877 Sneinton remained a seperate community from the city. It covered a large rural area bounded by the river Trent downstream to Colwick Park, following a line North to the top of Colwick woods, across Sneinton Dale and Carlton Road, turning to run along the line of Gordon Road down to Sneinton market, returning to the river along a course parallel with and to the East of London Road. Sneinton officially became part of the city of Nottingham in 1877.

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