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Date
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Event
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1087
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The first Nottingham Castle is begun. Over the next centuries it becomes the principal royal residence in the Midlands
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1623
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Nottingham Castle and Park granted to the Earl of Rutland by James I
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1642
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The Royal Standard is raised at Nottingham Castle, marking the beginning of the Civil War
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1651
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Demolition of Nottingham Castle by Parliamentary Order
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1663
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The ruins of Nottingham Castle and its adjoining park purchased by William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle upon Tyne
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1674
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The 1st Duke begins construction of the Ducal Palace
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1679
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Construction of current Nottingham Castle completed
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1717
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Park's herd of deer sold off
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1780
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2nd Duke of Newcastle under Lyne gives an acre of land in the Park for the building of Nottingham General Hospital
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1792
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Castle Fishpond filled in with soil from the foundations of the Cavalry Barracks. 'Fishpond Gardens' later let as plots for cultivation
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1792-3
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Cavalry Barracks built in the north-west of the Park
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1798
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Riding School built for the Nottingham Troop of Yeomanry Cavalry
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1799
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Duchess of Newcastle under Lyne begins to consider sale of Nottingham Castle and Park
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1807
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Sale of 32 lots on Standard Hill for residential development
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1822
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4th Duke of Newcastle under Lyne employs John Jephson to begin development of the edge of the Park. Work never begun
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1827
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P F Robinson publishes his 'Plan of Nottingham Park' showing intended lines of development set out in a grid pattern
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1827-30
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Houses erected on Park Terrace
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1831
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Reform Bill rioting followed by burning of Nottingham Castle
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1838-9
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First houses in the Park proper begin to appear
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1854
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T C Hine appointed surveyor of the Newcastle Estates with particular responsibility for the Park
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1855
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Park Tunnel opens
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1860s
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Hine's famous 'dumbell' layout of Park established
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1878
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Midland Counties Art Museum opens in Nottingham Castle
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1870s-1890s
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Around 30 houses erected to Watson Fothergill designs
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1926
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Demolition of Riding School
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1939
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8th Duke of Newcastle under Lyne sells Park to University of Oxford, marking the end of an association which had lasted almost 300 years
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1969
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Nottingham Park designated a Conservation Area
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