The centrepiece of the celebrations was a special festival held in the grounds of the Priory Church of St. Anthony, on 21 May 2005.

King Henry II granted permission for the priory to hold an annual fair on The Feast of Saint Martin: 11 November.

Its emphasis slowly changed and, in 1584, it was described as a horse-fair when servants of Mary, Queen of Scots attended.

From the closure of the priory in 1538 until the late 18th century, Lenton was primarily a rural agricultural village.

Lenton is largely a residential area and is popular with students at the nearby University of Nottingham who choose to live off-campus.

Indeed, the high proportion of students has led some local residents in recent years to campaign against what they perceive as the studentification of the area.

Named after Marcus Mosiah Garvey, this venue is famous for its large music hall, the Ballroom, which has a capacity of around 1000.

The Marcus Garvey Day Care Centre also hosts day care facilities for African Caribbean elders, with a wide range of activities including bingo, raffle, needlework, dominoes, arts and crafts and a prayer meeting held on Friday mornings.

This building was formerly part of the Raleigh bicycle company's development in Lenton, now largely demolished to make way for a new University of Nottingham campus.

His father Sir Albert Ball, rose in status from a plumber to become Lord Mayor of Nottingham.

She achieved local notoriety when she was first arrested for protesting about women's suffrage outside the Houses of Parliament in 1909.