What's new on the website

Added in 2010

• Alfred Stapleton (again!) with A History of the Lordship of King's Clipstone from 1890 (1 February)
• A Stapleton's The last perambulation of Sherwood Forest, (A.D. 1662.) with notices of other known examples, published in 1893 (28 January)
• Nottingham ... Past and Present, published in 1902, contains some fascinating glimpse at the city in the early 20th century with contemporary adverts (24 January)
• Nottinghamshire Parish Registers: Marriages at Winkburn, 1553 to 1773 edited by W P W Phillimore et al (2 January)

Added in 2009

• Edwin Wilmshurst's The History of the Old Hall of the Manor of West Retford, Notts from 1908 (31 December)
• Reverend R. F. Wilkinson's Notes on the History of the Parish of Ordsall originally published in the Ordsall Parish Magazine in 1940 (21 December)
• Canon T G Barber's Hucknall Torkard Church. Its history and Byron associations published in 1925 (29 November)
• An article on the Bentinck family, Dukes of Portland from W P W Phillimore's County Pedigrees book published in 1910 (28 November)
• An article on the Musters of Annesley from W P W Phillimore's County Pedigrees book published in 1910 (23 November)
• The Stauntons of Staunton, Nottinghamshire, by G w Staunton and F M Stenton was originally published in 1911 (14 November)
• The Stranger's Guide to Nottingham, published in 1827 (3 November)
• J Holland Walker's article on St Nicholas' church, Nottingham (26 October)
• Bulwell. Four essays towards a history of the manor and township (25 October)
• A History of Arnold, edited by Revs R W King and J Russell, published in 1913 (18 October)
• F. Hind's report on The Clifton Bronze Age Pile Settlement and the Broxtowe Early Iron Age Settlement (2 September)
• W E Doubleday's article on Nuthall (31 August)
• W E Doubleday's article on Bramcote (30 August)
• The History of Laxton by C.S. & C.S. Orwin (29 August)
• W E Doubleday's article on East Markham (24 August)
• Harry Gill's short article on Gotham church (27 July)
• Cornelius Brown's article on the endowment of Worksop Priory (26 May)
• Harry Gill's article on St. Michael's church, Laxton (23 May)
• T. M. Blagg's transcript of the Newark Wapentake Muster Roll of 1595 (23 May)
• Alan Cook's History of Colwick, originally published in the early 1970s. (18 April)
• Thurland Hall and its associations by John Potter Briscoe (7 February)
• Article by E L Guilford on the surrender of King Charles I to the Scottish Army at Southwell (13 January)

Added in 2008

• Rachel Farrand has transcribed the inscriptions on the memorials in Shire Hall, Nottingham that record the employees of Nottinghamshire County Council who died or were wounded in the First and Second World Wars. She has also provided additional background information on the men listed where available. (December)
• An anonymously authored article on Oxton and its church originally published in The Mansfield Reporter (12 October)
• More links to Nottinghamshire history related websites added to the Resources section. (12 October)
• Articles on The Beaumond-Cross, Newark and Richard Parkes Bonington (6 September)
• Articles on The Castle Inn, High Pavement, Nottingham, and Linby parish church (31 August)
• Article on the Carmelite Friary in Nottingham (13 August)
• Articles on St Wilfrid's church, Wilford, George Green, Mathematician and the Manor of Dunham-on-Trent from the Transactions of the Thoroton Society of 1921 (11 August)
• W E Doubleday's article on the village of Norwell and M H Hill's booklet on the history of Bunny and Bradmore (14 July).
• W E Doubleday's article on the village of Kelham (1 July)
• Rev Edwin D. Ginever's The Parish and Priory of Lenton (25 May)
• W E Doubleday's articles on the villages of Kirton near Ollerton and Kelham near Newark. (18 May)
• Re-formatted Leonard Jack's 'The Great Houses of Nottinghamshire and the County Families' section and improved a large number of the illustrations (23 April)
• W E Doubleday's articles on the village of Blyth and Kimberley. (3 April)
• W E Doubleday's article on the history of Kinoulton (29 March)
• W E Doubleday's article on the history of Selston (15 March)
• Robert Holden's booklet on Nuthall Temple (1 March)
• A Stapleton's Catalogue of Nottinghamshire crosses, published in 1912. The material originally appeared in the The Mansfield and North Notts. Advertiser. (12 January)
• Articles from the Transactions of the Thoroton Society, volume XXIV (1920): Orston church, St Leonard's Hospital, Newark and The Church of St. Leonard, Wollaton (6 January)

Added in 2007

• 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. (12 December)
• J Bramley's A short history of the religious houses in Nottinghamshire is a brief but useful survey of the monastic houses in the county to The Dissolution, from the impressive Lenton Priory to the small nunnery at Broadholme near the border with Lincolnshire. (5 December)
• Articles from the Transactions of the Thoroton Society, volume III (1899) : Welbeck Abbey, Rushcliffe Excursion, The Fools of Goatham, The death of Queen Eleanor of Castile in Nottinghamshire, Notes on Welbeck Abbey and Park. (18 November)
• The full text of John Beardsmore's History of Hucknall, published in 1909. The author gives a traditional description of the town's history and also provides a fascinating picture of late Victorian/Edwardian Hucknall. (9 November)
• Articles on the Thoroton Society's excursion to Rufford Abbey in 1898. (9 November)
• Some account of the family of White of Tuxford and Wallingwells by Miss M H Towry Wright and An Ancient Village Site. Whimpton, Nottinghamshire by Dr. T. Davies Pryce and Mr. F. W. Dobson (2 September).
• A Short History of the Village and Church of Rolleston by E H S Hollingsworth, originally published in 1931, contains some fascinating entries from the parish registers (28 August)
• Article on Sherwood Forest and Robin Hood by Rev L Illingworth Butler. (20 July)
• Delightfully illustrated series of essays on the churches of Mansfield Deanery by A S Buxton and H Walkerdine, originally published in 1907. (17 April)
• Articles by John Potter Briscoe on the Trent Bridges, Nottingham, taverns in Nottingham, Owthorpe Hall, Dr Robert Thoroton's grave at Car Colston and the poet Kirke White and the village of Wilford. (24 March)
• Charmingly illustrated guide to Newstead Abbey from 1938. (16 March)
• The Illustrated Handbook to Nottingham, published in 1906 (10 March)
• Splendidly illustrated article on Welbeck Abbey from Country Life, 1906 and an article on the illustrious past of Haughton by W. E. Doubleday (24 February)
• Article on the history and notable inhabitants of Beeston by Robert Mellors (20 February)
• West Bridgford: then and now and Mapperley and Carrington : then and now by Robert Mellors (9 February)
• Sneinton: then and now and Wilford: then and now by Robert Mellors (4 February)
• Articles on the history and notable people of Radford and Hyson Green and Lenton by Robert Mellors (5 January)

Added in 2006

• Article on history and people of Basford by Robert Mellors (23 December)
• Article on history and people of Bulwell by Robert Mellors (21 November)
• Articles on the history of Scrooby and Stapleford by Robert Mellors (28 November)
• Article on Colonel Francis Thornagh by A C Wood and an article on the history of Attenborough, Chilwell and Toton by Robert Mellors (21 October)
• Article on Kingston-on-Soar by Robert Mellors (7 October)
• Articles by Cornelius Brown (originally published in the Nottinghamshire Guardian in 1889) on Fledborough and Retford (27 August)
• Two articles on Broxtowe Hall from the Nottinghamshire Guardian in the 1920s (25 August)
• Articles by Cornelius Brown (originally published in the Nottinghamshire Guardian in 1889) on Upton, Hockerton and Winkburn (20 August)
• Victorian Bulwell by John Granby (5 July)
• Newspaper article on the village and family of Clifton by Cornelius Brown (28 May)
• Article on the illustrious Clifton family of Clifton, near Nottingham by A C Wood (18 May)
• Thoroton Society Summer Excursion in 1910 visited the Soar Valley in South-West Nottinghamshire: Stanford-on-Soar, Normanton-on-Soar, Radcliffe-on-Soar, Kingston-on-soar, West Leake and Sutton Bonington (7 May)
• Article on the Cartwright family of Ossington and Ordsall by Mrs George Cartwright and an article by W E Doubleday on Hucknall (30 April)
• Article on The Church of St. Mary, Clifton by Harry Gill (20 April)
• Articles on Kirkby-in-Ashfield, the old house at Kirkby Hardwick (sadly demolished in the 1960s) and the church at Sutton-in-Ashfield by G G Bonser (15 April)
• Articles on Blyth church and village and the discovery of a Roman pavement in Southwell in 1901 (11 April)
• The History of the Manor of Rampton by Rev H Chadwick covers the Stanhope, Babington, and Eyre families (9 April)
• Article on Clumber House by the Duchess of Newcastle (6 April)
• Articles on the monuments in Laxton church, A Vale of Belvoir Cavalier Family (the Goldings of Colston Bassett), Wollaton Hall, Wollaton church, and the Willoughby family (31 March)
• Thoroton Society Spring excursion to Bradmore, Bunny, East Leake, Costock, Wysall and Willoughby (26 March)
• Article on Holme Pierrepont village by W E Doubleday (18 March)
• Article on Colonel Francis Hacker by H L Hubbard (12 March)
• Article on Kirkby-in-Ashfield by G G Bonser (4 March)
• Pamphlet on the history of the delightful villages of Linby and Papplewick, By the Rev. L I Butler (2 March)
• Photographs (courtesy of John Gardner) added to Leonard Jack's article on Bramcote Hall. (6 January)