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Nottinghamshire

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Nottinghamshire

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Locator map for the English administrative region of Nottinghamshire.

County of central England, which has contained the unitary authority Nottingham City since April 1998.

Area

2,160 sq km/834 sq mi

Towns and cities

West Bridgford (administrative headquarters), Mansfield, Newark, Worksop

Physical

rivers: Erewash Idle, Soar, Trent

Features

the remaining areas of Sherwood Forest (home of Robin Hood) are included in the Dukeries, an area of estates; originally 32 km/20 mi long and 12 km/7 mi wide, the forest was formerly a royal hunting ground; Cresswell Crags (remains of prehistoric humans); D H Lawrence commemorative walk from Eastwood (where he lived) to Old Brinsley Colliery

Agriculture

cereals (barley, wheat), market gardening (potatoes), sugar beet; cattle, sheep; there are many orchards

Industries

cigarettes, engineering, footwear, furniture, gravel, gypsum, ironstone, light engineering, limestone, oil, pharmaceuticals, sandstone, textiles

Population

(2001) 748,500

Famous people

Robin Hood, D H Lawrence, William Booth

Topography

Nottinghamshire is bounded on the west by Derbyshire, Rotherham, and Doncaster; on the north by North Lincolnshire; on the east by Lincolnshire; and on the south by Leicestershire. The county forms part of the extensive lowland to the east of the southern Pennines, the greater part being between 30 and 120 m (98 and 427 ft) above sea-level. Only in the west, around Mansfield, is there hilly country, which reaches a height of 180 m (591 ft).

History

In Saxon times Nottinghamshire was part of the kingdom of Mercia, and after the Danish invasions it formed part of the Danelaw. At the time of the dissolution of the monasteries there were 16 religious houses in Nottinghamshire, but the only important remains are those of Newstead Abbey. There are some fine churches, including Southwell Minster, of Norman construction.

During World War II Nottinghamshire produced the only oil out of U-boat reach, and drilling was revived in the 1980s.


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When Robin was a youth of eighteen, stout of sinew and bold of heart, the Sheriff of Nottingham proclaimed a shooting match and offered a prize of a butt of ale to whosoever should shoot the best shaft in Nottinghamshire.
Sometimes when he was down at his great house in Nottinghamshire, entertaining the fashionable young men of his own rank who were his chief companions, and astounding the county by the wanton luxury and gorgeous splendour of his mode of life, he would suddenly leave his guests and rush back to town to see that the door had not been tampered with and that the picture was still there.
 
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