NOTTINGHAM
, a See also:city and See also:county of a city, municipal, county and See also:parliamentary See also:- BOROUGH (A.S. nominative burh, dative byrig, which produces some of the place-names ending in bury, a sheltered or fortified place, the camp of refuge of a tribe, the stronghold of a chieftain; cf. Ger. Burg, Fr. bor, bore, bourg)
- BOROUGH [BURROUGH, BURROWE, BORROWS], STEVEN (1525–1584)
borough, and county See also:town of Nottingham-See also:shire, See also:England
.
Pop
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(1901) 239,743
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It stands on the See also:left (See also:north) See also:bank of the See also:Trent and its tributary the Leen
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It is 125 M
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N.N.W. from See also:London by the Midland railway, and is also served by the See also:Great Central and Great See also:Northern See also:railways
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See also:Water communications are afforded by the See also:Grantham See also:canal eastward, by the Nottingham and Erewash canals westward, communicating with the Cromford canal in See also:Derbyshire, and by the Trent
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The See also:plan of the town is irregular, and the See also:main thorough-fares are generally See also:modern in See also:appearance, many of the old narrow streets having been wholly altered or renewed
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About the centre of the town is an open See also:market-See also:place some 5z acres in See also:area, said to be the largest of its See also:kind in England
.
Nottingham See also:Castle occupies a See also:fine site to the S., on an abrupt rocky See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
hill
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The See also:ancient remains are not large, including only a restored See also:Norman gateway and fragments of the fortifications
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In 1878 the site was acquired on See also:lease by the See also:corporation, and the See also:building was opened as the Nottingham and Midland Counties See also:Art Museum
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The See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church of St See also:Mary is a fine Perpendicular cruciform structure, with a central See also:tower
.
St See also:- PETER
- PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
- PETER (PEDRO)
- PETER, EPISTLES OF
- PETER, ST
Peter's church is mainly Perpendicular, but shows traces of an earlier building
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St See also:Nicholas' church, near the castle, is a See also:plain building of See also:brick dating from 1676
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There are several handsome modern churches, among which is the See also:Roman -See also:Catholic See also:cathedral of St See also:Barnabas, from the designs of A
.
W
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See also:Pugin, erected in 1842-1844
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There are a large number of See also:Nonconformist places of See also:worship
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The See also:principal See also:secular buildings are the See also:guildhall and city sessions See also:court (1887), the shire See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
hall, the See also:Albert Hall and the See also:Exchange; there are two principal theatres, the See also:Theatre Royal and the See also:Empire Theatre
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Among educational establishments the principal is University See also:College, for which a fine range of buildings was opened in 1881,
' See esp. his See also:letter to See also:Walsingham, See also:Naval See also:Record See also:Soc
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Pub. i
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65
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2 Hist
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See also:MSS
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See also:Comm
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See also:Marquess of See also:Salisbury's MSS. iv
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203
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3 Cal
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St Pap
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Dom
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1601-1603, p
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181.containing the See also:free municipal library and the museum of natural See also:history
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The free See also:grammar school, founded in 1513, for some See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time in disuse, was revived in 1807, and on its removal in 1868 to new buildings, became known as the High School
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There are also the Nottingham High School for girls; the See also:blue-coat school, founded in 1723; the See also:People's College, founded in 1846; two technical See also:schools; the Congregational See also:Institute; and the Nottingham school of art, for which a fine building was erected in 1865 in the See also:Italian See also:style
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The Midland Baptist college was transferred from Chilwell to Nottingham in 1882
.
The See also:General See also:Hospital was founded in 1781, and there are the Nottingham and Midland See also:eye infirmary, the county See also:asylum and the Midland institution for the See also:blind
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The See also:Arboretum and the See also:Forest are the principal public See also:pleasure-grounds; the county See also:cricket See also:club plays matches on the Trent See also:Bridge ground, and there is a racecourse at Colwick, E. of the city
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To the N.W., but within the city boundaries, are the See also:industrial districts of Radford and Basford, beyond which lies Bulwel], with collieries, See also:limestone quarries and earthenware manufactures
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Bestwood See also:Park, in the vicinity, contained a See also:hunting See also:lodge of See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry I., being included in See also:Sherwood Forest
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To the N., Sherwood is a growing residential See also:district; another extends towards Gedling on the E
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Southward, across the Trent, See also:West Bridgford is another large residential suburb
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To the W. is Lenton, and Beeston has become a populous suburb mainly owing to the See also:establishment of large See also:cycle and motor See also:works
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Nottingham itself became an important seat of the See also:stocking See also:trade towards the See also:close of the 18th See also:century
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It was here that See also:Richard See also:Arkwright in 1769 erected his first See also:spinning See also:frame, and here also See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James Hargreaves had the See also:year previously removed with his spinning jenny after his See also:machine had been destroyed by a See also:mob at See also:Blackburn
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Nottingham has devoted itself chiefly to See also:cotton, See also:silk and See also:merino See also:hosiery
.
Up to 1815 point See also:lace was also an important manufacture
.
In 18o8 and 1809 See also:John See also:Heathcoat obtained See also:patents for See also:machines for making bobbin See also:net, which inaugurated a new era in the lace manufacture
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The See also:industries also include See also:bleaching, the See also:dyeing, spinning and twisting of silk, the spinning of cotton and woollen See also:yarn, tanning, See also:engineering and See also:brewing, while cycle works and See also:tobacco factories are important, and the industries have the See also:advantage of the close proximity of See also:coal-mines
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Besides the general market there is a large See also:cattle market
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Nottingham received its style of a city and county of a city by letters patent of the 7th of See also:August 1897
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The parliamentary borough returns three members to See also:parliament, being divided into W., E. and S. divisions
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The city is governed by a See also:mayor, 16 aldermen and 48 councillors
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Area, 10,935 acres
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History.—The advantageous position of Nottingham (Snotengaham, Notingeham) on the Trent, where it was crossed by an ancient See also:highway, accounts for its origin, whether in Roman or Saxon times
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The Saxon See also:form of the name is taken to refer to the caves, anciently used as dwelling-places, which were hollowed out of the soft See also:sandstone
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Examples of these occur in the Castle See also:rock, in the Rock Holes W. of the castle, in the suburb of Sneinton and elsewhere
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It was chosen by the Danes for their See also:winter quarters in 868, and constituted one of their five burghs
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In 922 it was secured and fortified by See also:Edward the See also:Elder, who in 924 built a second " See also:burgh " opposite the first and connected with it by a bridge over the See also:river. lEthelstan, the successor of Edward the Elder, established there a royal See also:mint
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In 1013 the town submitted to Sweyn
.
See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William I. erected a castle, and mention of a new borough occurs in Domesday See also:Book, and this seems to be the first See also:evidence of the existence of the " See also:French borough " which See also:grew up in Nottingham under the See also:Normans, and was distinguished from the See also:English borough by the different customs which prevailed in it
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Parliaments were held at Nottingham in 1334, 1337 and 1357, and it was the See also:scene of the See also:conference of the See also:judges with Richard II. in August 1387
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Several important persons have been imprisoned in the castle, among others See also:David II. of See also:Scotland
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Edward IV. assembled his troops at Nottingham in 1461; and it was the headquarters of Richard III. before the See also:battle of See also:Bosworth in 1485: In 1642 See also:Charles I. finally See also:broke with
the Parliament by setting up his See also:standard at Nottingham, and hamshire, terminate a See also:Permian outcrop continuous from See also:Durham, during the ensuing See also:Civil See also:War the castle was held by each of the h two parties more than once
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In 1644 it was dismantled by
See also:Cromwell's orders
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Henry II. granted the first extant See also:charter, which confirmed to the burgesses the liberties they had under Henry I., referred to a market on Saturdays, and forbade the working of dyed See also:cloth, except in Nottingham, within ten leagues of the borough
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This was confirmed by John, who also granted a gild-See also:merchant
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Henry III. allowed the burgesses to hold the town in See also:fee-See also:farm, and Edward I. granted them a mayor and two bailiffs, one to be chosen from each borough
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Henry VI. confirmed all preceding privileges, first incorporated the mayor and burgesses, and granted that the town, except the castle and the See also:gaol, should be a county of itself
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Two sheriffs were to replace the two bailiffs
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This charter remained, except for temporary surrenders under Charles II. and James II., the governing charter of the corporation until the Municipal See also:Act of 1835
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Nottingham returned two members to parliament from 1295 until 1885, when the number was increased to three
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Edward I. granted an eight-days' See also:fair in See also:September and a fifteen-days' fair in See also:November, the last altered by Richard II. to a five-days' fair in See also:February
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Two other fairs were granted by See also:Anne; one large fair, See also:Goose Fair, is still held
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This begins on the first See also:Thursday in See also:October and lasts three days
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The markets on Wednesdays and Saturdays are held by prescriptive right
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Besides the Reform riots of 1831, Nottingham witnessed in 1811 the Luddite disturbances
.
In 187o Nottingham was made the seat of a See also:suffragan See also:bishop of the See also:diocese of See also:Lincoln, but as it is now in the diocese of See also:Southwell there is no suffragan bishopric
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