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- Margidunum by Felix Oswald, Extracts from the Act Books of the Archdeacons of Nottingham by R. F. B. Hodgkinson, Extracts from the Records of the Borough of Nottingham by E. L. Guilford and The Coins of King Aethelstan of the Nottingham Mint by Frank E. Burton from Transactions of the Thoroton Society, 1927 (10 November)
- Extracts from the Records of the Borough of Nottingham by E. L. Guilford and Extracts from the Act Books of the Archdeacons of Nottingham by R. F. B. Hodgkinson, The First Rector of Bingham by Rev Fanshawe Bingham, The Life of John Blackner by J. C. Warren and Windmills by Ralph Neville from Transactions of the Thoroton Society, 1926 (5 November)
- Hawton Church and Newark Museum by the Rev. F. H. Burnside, Some Account of the Rev. Charles Allen, Rector of St. Anne, Sutton Bonington, 1755-1795 by the Rev. W. E. Buckland, M.A., Old Town Wall, Nottingham by Ed. H. Heazell, The Royalist Badges of Charles I. by Frank E. Burton, J.P., Extracts from the Act Books of the Archdeacons of Nottingham by R. F. B. Hodgkinson, The Account Book of John Hooper, Steward to John Holles (2nd Earl of Clare) by S. J. Kirk and Extracts from the Records of the Borough of Nottingham by E. L. Guilford from Transactions of the Thoroton Society, 1925 (4 November)
- Nottingham Riot in 1678 by the Rev. R. Jowett Burton, Extracts from the Records of the Borough of Nottingham by E L Guilford, and Nottinghamshire in 1676. A Transcript from The Tanner MSS. in the Bodleian Library, Oxford by E. L. Guilford from Transactions of the Thoroton Society, 1924 (31 October)
- Extracts from the Records of the Borough of Nottingham by E L Guilford, The Late Mr. George Fellows and The rood screen in Balderton church by Rev A Du Boulay Hill from Transactions of the Thoroton Society, 1923 (24 October)
- Extracts from the Records of the Borough of Nottingham by E L Guilford, The Medallic History of Lord Byron by Frank E. Burton and The town walls of Newark by R. F. B. Hodgkinson from Transactions of the Thoroton Society, 1922 (24 October)
- A couple of short articles I wrote in 2008 for Retford Life magazine: 'East Retford in the 1850s' and 'Revolution Mill, East Retford' (6 October)
- Thomas M Blagg's article on Dr. Thoroton's headstone at Car Colston church and Notes on Osberton, Scofton, Rayton, Bilby, Hodsock, Fleecethorpe etc by Lord Hawkesbury from the Transactions of the Thoroton Society, 1901 (6 October)
- Adrian Gray's article, 'Disaster in Nottingham,' on the massive explosion on the Nottingham Canal in 1818. (11 July 2011)
- East Retford and the Dukeries – this official guide of the Corporation of East Retford and of the Retford Traders Association from 1908 provides a fascinating glimpse at the town and surrounding district in the first decade of the 20th century. (14 May)
- An obituary for the historian William Stevenson by Thomas Blagg from Transactions of the Thoroton Society, 1922 (14 April)
- The Priory of St. Mary of Newstead in Sherwood Forest with some notes on houses of Regular Canons by A. Hamilton Thompson from the Transactions of the Thoroton Society, 1919 (9 April)
- Topographical, and other early notes about Nottingham by William Stevenson, Note on an Old Painting of Southwell Minster, and Archbishop Booth's Chapel by Sydney Race, and Edwalton church and The church of St. George, Barton-in-Fabis. A study in medieval mason-craft by Harry Gill from the Transactions of the Thoroton Society, 1918 (2 April)
- The church porches and doorways of Nottinghamshire by Harry Gill, and Notes on the Tombs, Chapels, Images, and Lights, in the Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Nottingham by F. Arthur Wadsworth and Austerfield font by Rev. A. E. Meredith from the Transactions of the Thoroton Society, 1917 (1 April)
- Architectural Notes on The Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Nottingham by Harry Gill, and The Autumn Excursion: The church of St. Mary the Virgin, Nottingham by Rev. A. Du Boulay Hill, and The Church Windows of Nottinghamshire by Harry Gill and Remarks on Rural Economy of the past [Epperstone] by Major T. W. Huskinson from the Transactions of the Thoroton Society, 1916 (28 March)
- Articles on East Bridgford Church by Rev. A. Du Boulay Hill, Nottingham Presbyterian records by J. C. Warren, A local patron of architecture in the reign of Henry VI. [Sir Ralph Cromwell] by Mr. Harry Gill, and A 16th century signet ring from Egmanton by Mr Mason from the Transactions of the Thoroton Society, 1915 (10 March)
- Sydney Race's article, The British Museum MS. of the Life of Colonel Hutchinson and its relation to the published memoirs from the Transactions of the Thoroton Society, 1914 (9 March)
- Alfred Stapleton's article on Nottingham town wall, William Stevenson's article on The Great Ditch, St Mary's Hill, Nottingham, J. A. Gotch's article on Wollaton Hall , F. W. Dobson's article on A Guard-room of the town wall of Nottingham, A E Frost's article on the 16th century brass of William Breton in Annesley Church and George Fellow's article on pictures and portraits at Wollaton Hall from the Transactions of the Thoroton Society, 1912 (5 March)
- James Granger's article, The Old Streets of Nottingham No. V and Harry Gill's article on the Low-side [church] windows of Nottinghamshire from the Transactions of the Thoroton Society, 1910 (7 February)
- James Granger's article, The Old Streets of Nottingham No. IV from the Transactions of the Thoroton Society, 1909 (7 February)
- James Granger's article, The Old Streets of Nottingham No. III from the Transactions of the Thoroton Society, 1908 (3 February)
- Articles on Beauvale Priory and The Old Streets of Nottingham No. II from the Transactions of the Thoroton Society, 1907 (30 January)
- Articles on The Bishop's Palace, Southwell, Henry Kirke White, and The Old Streets of Nottingham No. I from the Transactions of the Thoroton Society, 1906 (23 January)
- Articles on Plumtree church, The Peckham Brass, Ossington, The Arms, Crest, and Motto of the City of Nottingham and County of the same City, and Sir Nesbitt Willoughby. Admiral of the Blue from the Transactions of the Thoroton Society, 1905 (22 January)
- Articles on The Precincts of Nottingham Castle , Ancient Nottingham pottery, Anglo-Saxon grave cover from Coates near South Leverton, and The chantries of Edwinstowe from the Transactions of the Thoroton Society, 1904 (13 January)
- Arthur A Kidson's History of St Swithun's Church, East Retford (2 January)
Added in 2010
- Nevil Truman's booklet, Nottingham and its churches, 1449-1949 (30 October)
- W E Doubleday's Notts Villages article on Adbolton (9 October)
- W E Doubleday's Notts Villages articles on Bestwood and Bevercotes (2 August)
- W E Doubleday's Notts Villages articles on Caunton and Besthorpe/Beesthorpe, near Southwell (29 July)
- W E Doubleday's Nottinghamshire Guardian article on Balderton, near Newark (6 June)
- Rev W E Buckland's Notes and Jottings about Sutton Bonington (1 June)
- Nevil Truman's booklet on the fascinating 15th century church of St Giles in Holme, near Newark (19 April)
- Herbert Green's article, Lenton as an Open-Field Village (14 March)
- An Historical Sketch of the Caves of Old Nottingham and The Nottinghamshire Coalfield: some notes regarding its ancient history by (the very prolific!) Alfred Stapleton (27 February)
- An article on Mansfield from Industrial Nottinghamshire: the official handbook of the Nottingham Chamber of Commerce, issued in the interest of the trade and commerce of Nottingham, Mansfield, and district. 2nd issue, 1920 (21 February)
- Reformatted Rev Young's History of Colston Basset and An Illustrated Guide to Nottingham and also replaced the photographs with better quality versions (14 February)
- A fascinating description of Nottingham in the late 1920s is provided in Nottingham, "The Queen City of the Midlands," The official guide, Sixth Edition from 1927 (11 February)
- 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)