Book Description
This guide to Nottinghamshire by H. H. Swinnerton was first published in 1910 as part of the Cambridge County Geographies.
Author : H. H. Swinnerton
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 167 pages
File Size : 21,37 MB
Release : 2012-11-29
Category : History
ISBN : 1107669782
This guide to Nottinghamshire by H. H. Swinnerton was first published in 1910 as part of the Cambridge County Geographies.
Author : Everard Leaver Guilford
Publisher :
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 31,15 MB
Release : 1910
Category : Nottinghamshire (England)
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Author : Thomas Cox
Publisher :
Page : 940 pages
File Size : 27,54 MB
Release : 1738
Category : Great Britain
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Author : Nikolaus Pevsner
Publisher : CUP Archive
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 20,91 MB
Release : 1951
Category : Architecture
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Author : Robert Thoroton
Publisher :
Page : 434 pages
File Size : 11,8 MB
Release : 1797
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Author : William White
Publisher :
Page : 714 pages
File Size : 32,3 MB
Release : 1832
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Author : Mike Osborne
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 43,11 MB
Release : 2014-04-07
Category : History
ISBN : 0750957131
Nottinghamshire's position at the very heart of England has given it important strategic significance throughout two millennia, underlined by the number of roads, waterways, and later railways, criss-crossing the county. An endless succession of armies have used the Great North Road: the Romans, the Vikings, the Normans, the Lancastrians and the Jacobites. Strategic river crossings and road junctions have been guarded by Roman camps, Viking and Saxon burhs, medieval castles, Parliamentarian and Royalist forts, and the anti-invasion defences of the Second World War. The area has traditionally provided a rallying point for armies to be gathered, from Richard III's in 1485 to Kitchener's in 1914. Building on the experience of the great training camps of Clipstone and the Dukeries and the extensive munitions works of Chilwell and Nottingham, in the Second World War the county expanded such provision, becoming home to a concentration of flying training centres, key components of the army's and the RAF's logistical support networks and further munitions plants. Much of this military activity has left its mark on the landscape, some of it relatively untouched, and some adapted to meet the demands of change. Some monuments are of enormous national importance; Newark-on-Trent, as well as retaining its unspoilt medieval castle ruins, boasts the best single concentration of Civil War-period fortifications anywhere in Britain.
Author : Robert Thoroton
Publisher :
Page : 510 pages
File Size : 11,34 MB
Release : 1790
Category : Nottinghamshire (England)
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Author : Ian Morgan
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 191 pages
File Size : 32,66 MB
Release : 2012-01-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0752482297
Generation after generation has come up with new forms of punishment to inflict on those guilty (and sometimes innocent) of crimes against property and person. From the stocks and pillory, to flogging, ducking and transportation to foreign lands, this volume brings to life those turbulent times of long ago. Even after suffering the ultimate in punishments — death — the bodies of the convicted could still be punished. Stories of dissection, when the body of the deceased criminal was publicly carved up, or gibbeting, when the corpse would be coated in tar and canvass and displayed in an iron frame on a pole 30ft high, are gruesome in the extreme. Pity poor John Spencer, whose rotting remains were gibbeted for over sixty years until the cage was finally blown down in a storm. Richly illustrated, this book provides a fascinating glimpse into the dark world of punishments through the centuries and will appeal to all those wishing to discover more about Nottinghamshire's intriguing past.
Author : Pete Castle
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 43,21 MB
Release : 2011-11-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 075247877X
Passed down from generation to generation, many of Nottinghamshire's most popular folk tales are gathered here together for the first time. In the popular imagination, Nottinghamshire means Sherwood Forest, outlaws, wicked sheriffs, wild beasts and Robin Hood. All these feature in this selection of folk tales compiled by storyteller Pete Castle, but there are also stories of the Men of Gotham; of fairies, witches, ghosts and vampires; as well as noble lords and thwarted lovers. These captivating stories of love, loss, heroes and villains have been written to recreate the oral tradition that made these anecdotes popular, and are brought to life through unique illustrations and vivid descriptions that have survived for several generations.