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Hockley, Nottingham

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area and contains multiple well-preserved Victorian buildings. There has been a mercantile presence in the area since at least the 13th century. With many bars, restaurants and clothes shops, it is a vibrant and modern area of the city. It has been described as "the Soho of Nottingham."
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From around 1285, the area was called "Walker Gate" after the practice of "walking" or stamping upon cloth to make it softer after weaving.
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industry). From 1343 to 1345 the price of wool in Nottingham Market was taken as the standard for the whole of England.
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Matthew H.C.G., editor. Dictionary of National Biography on CD-ROM. Oxford, U.K.: Oxford University Press, 1995.
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and the architect of the company's modern business empire, was born in poverty in the area in 1850.
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Until the 20th century, Nottingham's fortunes were tied to the "rag trade" (
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Hockley is home to many shops (ranging from design and fashion to
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and music), as well as many galleries, bars and cafés.
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Hockley Village

Nottingham
Lace Market
cloth
Sir Jesse Boot
Boots the Chemist
New Age
Broadway Cinema
Quentin Tarantino's
Pulp Fiction
Cannes Film Festival
The Screen Room
Guinness Book of Records
Creative Quarter, Nottingham
"Close up on... Hockley"


"Hockley, Goose Gate, Platt Street, Coalpit Lane and Holland Street"
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"Explore and Experience Nottingham"
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