Description: This is a view of Park Valley with Park Terrace in the background. By 1834, despite local opposition, 50 large villas were built around the perimeter of The Park on Western Terrace, Park Terrace and Ropewalk Street (now The Ropewalk). The land in the enclosed valley belonged to the Duke of Newcastle. In 1851 the 4th Duke died and his son, Lord Lincoln, became the 5th Duke. He was much more respected by both the town and its council, and appointed Thomas Chambers Hine, local architect, to continue the Park development. All of the houses were to be approved by him, including those of rival Watson Fothergill. In 1875 Hine supervised the restoration of the burned out castle (victim of Reform Bill riots), and the Corporation rented the building to establish the first municipal art gallery and museum in England. Nearly 400 'quality' houses had been built by 1887, mainly for rich and influential people of Nottingham, including A J Mundella (Educationalist), Sir Jesse Boot (Pharmacist), Sir Albert Ball (Plumber), John Player (Tobacco), William Foster (Lord Mayor), Thomas Foreman (Printer), and the Bowden (Bicycle) and Birkin (Lace) families. Dame Laura Knight had a studio on the corner of Park Valley and Lenton Road. (Possibly the building in the foreground which appears to have a glass roof and is in the right position.?)