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Nottinghamshire (/ ˈnɒtɪŋəmʃər, - ʃɪər /; [4] abbreviated Notts.) is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands of England. The county borders South Yorkshire to the north-west, Lincolnshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south, and Derbyshire to the west.
Nottingham (/ ˈnɒtɪŋəm / ⓘ NOT-ing-əm, locally / ˈnɒtnʊm /) is a city and unitary authority area in Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, England. It is located 33 miles (53 km) south-east of Sheffield and 45 miles (72 km) north-east of Birmingham. Nottingham is the legendary home of Robin Hood and to the lace -making, bicycle and tobacco ...
Nottinghamshire (abbreviated Notts) is a county in the East Midlands of England. It borders South Yorkshire, North Lincolnshire, Lincolnshire, Leicestershire and Derbyshire.
6 days ago · Nottinghamshire, administrative, geographic, and historic county of the East Midlands of England, bordered by the geographic counties of Leicestershire, Derbyshire, and Lincolnshire, and by the metropolitan county of South Yorkshire.
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The earliest Teutonic settlers in the district which is now Nottinghamshire were an Anglian tribe who, not later than the 5th century, advanced from Lincolnshire along the Fosseway, and, pushing their way up the Trent valley, settled in the fertile districts of the south and east, the whole region from Nottingham to within a short distance of Southwell being then occupied by the vast forest of Sherwood. At the end of the 6th century Nottinghamshire already existed as organised territory, thou...
Land division
The first mention of the shire of Nottingham occurs in 1016, when it was harried by Canute. The boundaries have remained practically unaltered since the time of the Domesday Survey from 1086, and the eight Domesday wapentakes were unchanged in 1610; in 1719 they had been reduced to six, their present number, Oswaldbeck being absorbed in Bassetlaw, of which it forms the North Clay division, and Lythe in Thurgarton. Nottinghamshire was originally included in the diocese and province of York, an...
The most interesting[according to whom?] historic figure in the Domesday survey of Nottinghamshire is William Peverel (1040 – c. 1115). His fief represents the honour of Nottingham, and in 1068 he was appointed constable of the castle which William the Conqueror had raised at Nottingham. The Cliftons of Clifton and the Byrons of Newstead held lands...
Among the earliest industries of Nottinghamshire were the malting and woollen industries, which flourished in Norman times. The latter declined in the 16th century, and was superseded by the hosiery manufacture which sprang up after the invention of the stocking-loomin 1589. The earliest evidence of the working of the Nottinghamshire coalfield is i...
At the dissolution of the monasteries there were no fewer than forty religious houses in Nottinghamshire. The only important monastic remains, however, are those at Newstead, but the building is partly transformed into a mansion which was formerly the residence of Lord Byron. There are also traces of monastic ruins at Beauvale, Mattersey, Radford a...
David Roffe (University of Sheffield): Nottingham and the Shire, Nottinghamshire and the North: a Domesday Study, 1987 and 2002
Amos, David. "The Nottinghamshire miners, the Union of Democratic Mineworkers and the 1984-85 miners strike: scabs or scapegoats?' (PhD Diss. University of Nottingham, 2012). onlineBrook, Michael. A Nottinghamshire Bibliography: Publications on Nottinghamshire History Before 1998 (Thoroton Society of Nottinghamshire, 2002). onlineChambers, Jonathan David. Nottinghamshire in the Eighteenth Century: a Study of Life and Labour under the Squirearchy(Routledge, 1966).Dockerill, R. P. "Local Government Reform, Urban Expansion and Identity: Nottingham and Derby, 1945-1968" (PhD. Diss. University of Leicester, 2013) online."Nottinghamshire", Historical Directories, UK: University of LeicesterSep 11, 2024 · Nottingham, city and unitary authority, geographic and historic county of Nottinghamshire, England. The city lies along the River Trent. The original site is marked by Nottingham Castle on Standard Hill, so named because there, in 1642, Charles I raised his standard at the start of the English Civil Wars.
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Nottinghamshire is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands of England. The county borders South Yorkshire to the north-west, Lincolnshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south, and Derbyshire to the west. The largest settlement is the city of Nottingham (323,632), which is also the county town.
