Places in Nottinghamshire
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A
wide range of articles on places in the county: Beauvale Charterhouse,
a Carthusian monastic house; Greasley castle, a fortified
manor house; the austere late 11th century architecture of Blyth
Priory; the splendid late medieval monuments in Strelley church;
the domestic architecture of Nottingham; etc. etc.
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J
H Beardsmore's history of this former mining town details its connection
with the Byrons and provides a detailed picture of Hucknall
in the late 19th/early 20th centuries.
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A
delightfully illustrated guide to the fascinating former Augustinian
abbey and home to the Byron family. The guide covers the interior
of the house and explores the landscaped grounds. |
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A
useful history of the delightful village of Colston Bassett in
the Vale of Belvoir. In addition to a narrative history of the
village and its owners, the Rev Evelyn Young provides a wide range
of source material of interest to local historian and genealogist
alike.|
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The
second edition of Thomas Blagg's informative and well-illustrated
guide to the history and antiquities of Nottingham-shire's finest
and
most
historic
market town, published in 1910. As well as describing the castle,
the splendid parish church and the marketplace, the book also includes
the delightful
neighbouring village
churches of Holme
and Hawton.|
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"Griseleia
in Snottinghamscire is a history of the large parish of Greasley,
written by the Reverend Rodolph Baron von Hube and published in
1908. The ancient parish covered Beauvale, Brinsley, Hempshill,
Newthorpe, Kimberley, Moorgreen and Watnall and von Hube provides
a comprehensive picture of the great families and historic places
in this part of western Nottinghamshire.|
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Brown
(1852-1907) was a journalist and historian, author of a wide range
of publications on Nottinghamshire history, including the magnificent
and still definitive two volume work, A History of Newark
(1905 and 1907). A History of Nottinghamshire, published
in 1896, was written with a general audience in mind and provides
an historical account of the notable towns and villages in the county,
the great county families and the English Civil War in Nottinghamshire.
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A
solid and detailed history of the town, priory, manor house, great
houses of the Dukeries and surrounding villages with a number of
interesting illustrations.|
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John
Shadrach Piercy's magnum opus, published in 1828 is still one of
only a handful of decent histories of this north Nottinghamshire
market town and also provides a useful snapshot of the town in
the early 19th century.
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A
fascinating and very informative tour of Nottingham in the late
19th century. Many illustrations of all the key public buildings
(The Guildhall, Old Town Hall, Lunatic Asylum, etc) and tourist
sites (the caves, The Castle etc) Rachel
Farrand has transcribed the names of those employees of Nottinghamshire
County Council who appear on the First and Second World
War memorials in Shire Hall, Nottingham. |
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Luther
Lindley's fascinating but chaotically organised History
of Sutton-in-Ashfield, published in 1907, provides a wealth
of information on the town in the early 20th century. |
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An
interesting illustrated guide to Edwardian Nottingham includes
travel information, a walking tour of the city, information on
the churches in Nottingham, a description of the city's suburbs
and what was worth seeing in the surrounding districts.
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An
interesting history of the neighbouring, picturesque villages of
Linby and Papplewick; it includes many extracts from parish registers
and account books and other village documents.|
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A
tour of the impressive architecture of Southwell Minster by Mary
Trebeck, published in 1900, and superbly illustrated by A J Loughton's
photographs.|
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A
short booklet on the history of this fine late medieval church
which historically served one of the largest parishes of the county.
There is also a brief introduction to nearby Beauvale Priory: Nottinghamshire's
only Carthusian monastic house.|
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The
Clifton Book, by the Rev. Rosslyn Bruce is an entertaining
history of the village of Clifton, on the south-western outskirts
of Nottingham, and the family that bears its name. It also provides
a marvellous snapshot of life in the village at the beginning
of the 20th century.|
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J
Holland Walker wrote a series of very entertaining and informative
articles on the streets
of Nottingham in the Transactions of the Thoroton Society through
the 1920s and 1930s. They have been all brought together and illustrated
with a wide range of photographs and engravings.|
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Harry
Gill's informative short guide to the history of the world famous
Nottingham Castle, covering Mortimer's escape, the raising of Charles
I's standard which marked the start of the English Civil War, the
17th century mansion's burning in the Reform Bill Riots of 1831
to its opening as an art gallery and museum in the later 19th century.|
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A
series of articles on the country house and halls of the county
gentry and the families who lived in them written by Leonard Jacks
and published in 1881.|
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A
collection of illustrated articles written in the 1920s by J Holland
Walker covering a wide range of historic buildings, places and notable
people in Nottingham and the surrounding area. © A P NICHOLSON | UPDATED: 01-Dec-2008