[2] The foundation stone for the first building, which had been designed by John Simpson, was laid on 12 February 1781 and the hospital opened with 44 beds in September 1782.

[4] The hospital was extended with the Derbyshire wing, financed by a large donation from Henry Cavendish,[5][6] which opened in 1787.

[3] In 1844 the hospital had to respond to a major disaster when 12 people were killed and over a hundred injured when a stand collapsed at a public hanging on Garner's Hill.

[7] A design for a third storey for the original building was developed by Thomas Chambers Hine and the works completed in 1855.

[9] The Nurses Memorial Home was opened by the Prince of Wales in 1923 as a monument to the soldiers of Nottinghamshire who had died in the First World War.