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Description : The new Magistrates Court
Image Reference No. : DP-220204CITYBOLD-09
Date photo taken : 22nd February 2004
Other Information : This is the new Magistrates Court. |
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Description : Shire Hall on St Mary's Gate
Image Reference No. : DP-160901CITYBOLD-01
Date photo taken : 16th September 2001
Other Information : This is the Shire hall (or County Hall) in St Mary's
Gate. It is a grade 1 listed building, built in 1659 to a design by George
Eaton of Etwall. The
building was not only used for courts and assizes but until the new County
Assembly rooms were built in Full Street in 1714, concerts, plays, and
gatherings of all sorts were held here.
Later it became exclusively
a Crown Court, with an inn added on one side around 1795 and judges lodgings
on the other side in 1811.
The courts were closed in 1989 and are currently (March 2002) being renovated. |
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Description : The newly restored Shire Hall.
Image Reference No. : DP-220204CITYBOLD-10
Date photo taken : 22nd February 2004
Other Information : This is Shire Hall after it has been renovated and it
now forms part of the new Magistrates Court. What a difference ! |
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Description : Union two
Image Reference No. : DP-241001CITYBOLD-02
Exact Map Location : Click HERE
Date photo taken : 24th October 2001
Other Information : This building was once the "Derby Printers Ltd"
building, Now it is the home of Union two which is a Student bar.
In the mid 1990's it was The Dial where you could see live bands
play.
Update : This building was demolished in Winter 2003. |
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Description : Old housing on Bold Lane
Image Reference No. : DP-241001CITYBOLD-03
Date photo taken : 24th October 2001
Other Information : This row of houses on Bold Lane are currently being
demolished. These are opposite Bold Lane car park. |
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Description : Chai Yo Thai restaurant on Bold Lane.
Image Reference No. : DP-241001CITYBOLD-04
Date photo taken : 24th October 2001
Other Information : This Thai restaurant is located in a building known
as Melbourne house, which was built in 1899. |
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Description :
Image Reference No. : DP-050503CITYBOLD-08
Date photo taken : 5th May 2003
Other Information : This building is the Magistrates Court, formerly The
Royal Theatre. It was built in 1773, paid for by James Whiteley, and opened
Sept 13, 1773. It was converted from a malthouse, built c 1712, and the
first play performed there was Oliver Goldsmith's 'She stoops to conquer.
Popular actors came up from London to perform there for short seasons. It
closed in 1864, possibly because it was too small, and was sold to William
Wilkins, and was re-opened as a Gospel Hall. When this re-located to Becket
Street after WW2 it became a library and then a Magistrates Court.
At the time of writing (Feb04) there are plans to convert this to a 250-seater
theatre. |
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Description : Bold lane car park - A "Parksafe" car park
Image Reference No. : DP-200601CITYBOLD-05
Date photo taken : 20th June 2001
Other Information : This is the Bold lane car park, it is the most secure
car park in the world!. Not one incident of theft or vandalism in six years.
See HERE
for more info on just how safe it is.
This multi-storey carpark, opened in 1974, now stands on most of the site
which was once Boden's Pleasaunce. This was a small green between St Werburgh's
Church and the Gas Works, donated to the City by Mary Shuttleworth, widow
of Henry Boden, a lace magnate and member of the Temperance Union and benefactor,
who died in 1908. The park, which opened in 1910, had wrought iron gates
decorated with Boden's Crest, see next photo. |
