Wodehouse Avenue

Frederick Armine Wodehouse, after whom the avenue was named, was born at Wribbenhall, Worcestershire in 1842. He obtained his degree at Cambridge and was ordained priest in 1866 where he became curate of All Saints Nottingham. In 1868 he became vicar of St Matthias in Sneinton until 1882. Whilst there he married Alice Elizabeth, daughter of the Hon. and Rev A L Powys, in 1880. Afterwards he became the rector of Gotham and vicar of Ratcliffe on Soar from 1882 until 1915. On retirement he went to live in Southborough, Kent and undertook war work chiefly at Weymouth as chaplain. He subsequently died in 1921.

His public duties included those of Rural Dean, Editor of the Deanery Magazine, Chairman of the Gotham Parish Council, Member of the Basford Rural District Council and School Management Committee and Board of Guardians.

Wodehouse Avenue, like Bidwell Crescent was the first post WWII house building programme in Gotham starting in 1948. Further development took place in 1969 when the avenue was extended to give a total of 66 dwellings in all.