What's new on the website

1 December 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.

12 October 2008

• An anonymously authored article on Oxton and its church originally published in The Mansfield Reporter (1912)
• More links to Nottinghamshire history related websites added to the Resources section.

6 September 2008

• Articles on The Beaumond-Cross, Newark (1919) and Richard Parkes Bonington (1909)

31 August 2008

• Articles on The Castle Inn, High Pavement, Nottingham, and Linby parish church (1919)

13 August 2008

• Article on the Carmelite Friary in Nottingham (1922)

11 August 2008

• Articles on St Wilfrid's church, Wilford, George Green, Mathematician and the Manor of Dunham-on-Trent from the Transactions of the Thoroton Society (1921)

14 July 2008

• W E Doubleday's article on the village of Norwell (1953)
• M H Hill's booklet on the history of Bunny and Bradmore (1958).

1 July 2008

• W E Doubleday's article on the village of Kelham (1947)

25 May 2008

• Rev Edwin D. Ginever's The Parish and Priory of Lenton (1930)

18 May 2008

• W E Doubleday's articles on the villages of Kirton near Ollerton and Kelham near Newark.

23 April 2008

• Re-formatted Leonard Jack's 'The Great Houses of Nottinghamshire and the County Families' section and improved a large proportion of the illustrations

3 April 2008

• W E Doubleday's articles on the village of Blyth and Kimberley.

29 March 2008

• W E Doubleday's article on the history of Kinoulton

15 March 2008

• W E Doubleday's article on the history of Selston

1 March 2008

• Robert Holden's booklet on Nuthall Temple

12 January 2008

• A Stapleton's Catalogue of Nottinghamshire crosses, published in 1912. The material originally appeared in the The Mansfield and North Notts. Advertiser.

6 January 2008

• 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

26 December 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.

5 December 2007

• 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.

18 November 2007

• 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.

9 November 2007

• 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.
• Articles on the Thoroton Society's excursion to Rufford Abbey in 1898.

2 September 2007

• Some account of the family of White of Tuxford and Wallingwells by Miss M H Towry Wright (1907)
• An Ancient Village Site. Whimpton, Nottinghamshire by Dr. T. Davies Pryce and Mr. F. W. Dobson (1907).

28 August 2007

• 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

20 July 2007

• Article on Sherwood Forest and Robin Hood by Rev L Illingworth Butler.

17 April 2007

• Delightfully illustrated series of essays on the churches of Mansfield Deanery by A S Buxton and H Walkerdine, originally published in 1907.

24 March 2007

• 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.

16 March 2007

• Charmingly illustrated guide to Newstead Abbey from 1938.

10 March 2007

• The Illustrated Handbook to Nottingham, published in 1906

24 February 2007

• Splendidly illustrated article on Welbeck Abbey (Country Life, 1906)
• Article on the illustrious past of Haughton (W. E. Doubleday, 1947)

20 February 2007

• Article on the history and notable inhabitants of Beeston by Robert Mellors (originally published in 1916)

9 February 2007

• West Bridgford: then and now by Robert Mellors (originally published in 1914)
• Mapperley and Carrington : then and now by Robert Mellors (originally published in 1912)

4 February 2007

• Sneinton: then and now by Robert Mellors (originally published in 1913)
• Wilford: then and now by Robert Mellors (originally published in 1914)

5 January 2007

• Articles on the history and notable people of Radford and Hyson Green and Lenton by Robert Mellors

23 December 2006

• Article on history and people of Basford by Robert Mellors

21 November 2006

• Article on history and people of Bulwell by Robert Mellors

28 October 2006

• Articles on the history of Scrooby and Stapleford by Robert Mellors

21 October 2006

• Article on Colonel Francis Thornagh by A C Wood.
• Article on the history of Attenborough, Chilwell and Toton by Robert Mellors

7 October 2006

• Article on Kingston-on-Soar by Robert Mellors.

27 August 2006

• Articles by Cornelius Brown (originally published in the Nottinghamshire Guardian in 1889) on Fledborough and Retford.

25 August 2006

• Two articles on Broxtowe Hall from the Nottinghamshire Guardian in the 1920s.

20 August 2006

• Articles by Cornelius Brown (originally published in the Nottinghamshire Guardian in 1889) on Upton, Hockerton and Winkburn.

5 July 2006

• Victorian Bulwell by John Granby

28 May 2006

• Newspaper article on the village and family of Clifton by Cornelius Brown.

18 May 2006

• Article on the illustrious Clifton family of Clifton, near Nottingham by A C Wood (1933)

7 May 2006

• 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

30 April 2006

• Article on the Cartwright family of Ossington and Ordsall by Mrs George Cartwright (1909); article by W E Doubleday on Hucknall (1942)

20 April 2006

• Article on The Church of St. Mary, Clifton by Harry Gill (1919)

15 April 2006

• 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 (1912)

11 April 2006

• Articles on Blyth church and village and the discovery of a Roman pavement in Southwell in 1901

9 April 2006

• The History of the Manor of Rampton by Rev H Chadwick covers the Stanhope, Babington, and Eyre families

6 April 2006

• Article on Clumber House by the Duchess of Newcastle

31 March 2006

• 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

26 March 2006

• Thoroton Society Spring excursion to Bradmore, Bunny, East Leake, Costock, Wysall and Willoughby

18 March 2006

• Article on Holme Pierrepont village by W E Doubleday.

12 March 2006

• Article on Colonel Francis Hacker by H L Hubbard.

4 March 2006

• Article on Kirkby-in-Ashfield by G G Bonser.

2 March 2006

• Pamphlet on the history of the delightful villages of Linby and Papplewick, By the Rev. L I Butler.

6 January 2006

• Photographs (courtesy of John Gardner) added to Leonard Jack's article on Bramcote Hall.

28 December 2005

• Appendix on the monuments in Greasley graveyard from Alfred Stapleton's Nottinghamshire Graveyard Guide (1911)
• Additions to the Notts images section: carving at Nuthall church and Bennerley Viaduct, Awsworth

13 December 2005

• Articles by W E Doubleday on the history of Haughton and Felley.

29 November 2005

• W E Doubleday's article on the history of Cossall.

19 November 2005

• W E Doubleday's articles on the history of Brinsley, Greasley and Newthorpe originally published in the Nottinghamshire Guardian in 1940s and 1950s.

6 November 2005

• W E Doubleday's article on the history of Awsworth published in the Nottinghamshire Guardian in 1942.
• Transcript of Violet Walker's lecture on the history of Strelley (given in 1941)

9 October

• The chapter on the lovely village of Cossall from Edwin Trueman and R Westland's History of Ilkeston (1899). It includes an account of three local men who fought at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815.
• Articles by Cornelius Brown originally published in the Nottinghamshire Guardian in 1889 on Ossington and Laxton

4 September

• Added a new section: Images of Nottinghamshire

27 August 2005

• Pictorial Southwell (published in 1900) - photographs by A J Loughton and text by Mary Trebeck

30 July 2005

• W E Doubleday's newspaper article on the history of Eastwood, published in the Notts Guardian in 1945

22 May 2005

• Article on Tuxford church by the Rev J Standish (1907)

28 April 2005

• Map of Nottinghamshire published in 1927

5 April 2005

• Section on links to museum websites

28 March 2005

• Article on West Bridgford church by the prolific Harry Gill (1910)
• Article on St Peter's church, Nottingham by Robert Evans (1910)

20 March 2005

• Rufford Abbey by J S Lumley-Savile (1898)
• Rufford Abbey by J Bramley (1955)

11 March 2005

• At long last a page of links to useful websites!

24 February 2005

• News page, containing news items from the media, details of new publications and information on forthcoming events

2 February 2005

• Recent photographs added to Von Hube's history of Greasley parish

22 January 2005

• Booklet by the Rev Arnold Doxey on Greasley Parish Church and the nearby Carthusian priory of Beauvale.

15 January 2005

• Article on the little-known Winkburn Hall and church by L Craven Smith-Milnes

7 November 2004

• 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.

31 October 2004

• 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.

15 October 2004

• Article on the early discoveries at the Roman site of Crocolana (Brough, on the Fosse Way)
• Article on Syerston, Elston and Sibthorpe churches

24 September 2004

• Article on the interesting life of Henrietta, Countess of Oxford (1694-1755) of Welbeck Abbey.

6 September 2004

• The fascinating story of the Chaworths, one of Nottinghamshire's most notable families.

30 August 2004

• Herbert Green's article on the history and archaeology of Lenton Priory, once the wealthiest and most powerful monastery in Nottinghamshire.

24 August 2004

• Lawrence and Routh's article on early medieval military effigies in Nottinghamshire churches.
• Harry Gill's article on Holy Trinity church, Ratcliffe-on-Soar and the impressive Sacheverell family monuments it contains.

22 August 2004

• George Fellow's beautifully illustrated monograph on the alabaster monuments in Nottinghamshire

20 August 2004

• Ernest Woolley's brief survey of the surviving Easter Sepulchres in Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire.
• Mrs Riley's brief article on the history of Papplewick
• A E L Lowe's paper on the Byron vault at Hucknall church

17 July 2004

• Hugh Braun's discussion of the history and architectural development of Newark Castle.

16 July 2004

• Article on excavations at Nottingham Castle in the early 1900s.

8 July 2004

• The second edition of Thomas Blagg's Guide to the Antiquities of Newark, an informative and well-illustrated guide to the history and antiquities of Nottinghamshire'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.

16 May 2004

• Papers from the Thoroton Society's second Summer Excursion in 1905 covering the delightful 15th century church of Holme, the Tudor hunting lodge in Langford and the churches of North Collingham, South Collingham and South Scarle.

25 April 2004

• A well illustrated article on the domestic architecture of 18th century Nottingham by Harry Gill.

19 April 2004

• Papers from the 1901 Autumn Excursion of the Thoroton Society: Osberton Hall, Worksop Priory, Blyth Priory, and St Swithen's Church, East Retford.

16 April 2004

• Papers from the Thoroton Society's Summer Excursion in 1908: Lowdham church, Lowdham Hall, Woodborough church, Lambley church, Epperstone church and manors, Oxton church, Oldox Camp, and Calverton church with its wonderful collection of Norman panels depicting occupations (reaping, threshing, pruning etc) throughout the year.
• J. Potter Briscoe's short paper on Nottingham's Old Guild Hall and Prison at Weekday Cross which was demolished in 1895.

12 April 2004

• The Thoroton Society of Nottinghamshire's first annual excursion in 1897 included Car Colston, Hawksworth, Screveton, Langar, Thoroton, Aslockton and Whatton; the summer excursion of 1904 covered Skegby, Teversal, Hardwick Hall, Mansfield Woodhouse and Mansfield.

19 March 2004

• J Holland Walker wrote a series of very entertaining and informative articles on the streets of Nottingham in the Transactions of the Thoroton Society in the 1920s and 1930s. They have been all brought together and illustrated with a wide range of photographs and engravings.

14 February 2004

• J Hampton Copnall's article on The Shire Hall on High Pavement, Nottingham

17 January 2004

• Articles on Edwinstowe, Sookholm and Warsop churches.

4 January 2004

• Harry Gill's Guide to Old Nottingham, published in 1917; Potter Briscoe's fascinating article on the history and features of the Weekday Cross area of Nottingham.

2 January 2004

• Articles on Everton church, Mattersey church and Gilbertine priory, and South Leverton church

28 December 2003

• Articles on Gedling church, Gonalston church and Gonalston Spital, Hoveringham church, Shelford church and the Stanhope family, and Holme Pierrepont church.

24 December 2003

• Articles on the churches of Fledborough, East Markham, Dunham on Trent and Darlton.

22 December 2003

• Articles on Nottinghamshire monumental brasses and Staunton and the ancient Staunton family

30 November 2003

• Rodger's The Scenery of Sherwood Forest with an account of some eminent people there contains much information on the great families of The Dukeries: the Dukes of Newcastle, the Dukes of Portland, the Markhams of Ollerton, the Earls Manvers and the Lords Saville.

7 November 2003

• An entertaining account of the Dukes of Portland of Welbeck Abbey, The Portland Peerage Romance, published in 1907.

24 October 2003

• Well illustrated article by the prolific Harry Gill on the valley of the River Leen and the churches and notable secular buildings on its banks.

16 October 2003

• Articles on Colwick church (and its fine monuments, now to be seen at Newstead Abbey) and Colwick Hall; amateur excavation (in the 1930s) and history of Greasley Castle, near Eastwood; also a profusely illustrated article on the domestic architecture of old Nottingham.

11 October 2003

• Articles on the parish church of Hucknall (and the Byron connection) and the inns of Brewhouse Yard, Nottingham (including Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem)

21 September 2003

• Articles on the early Norman church of Blyth, Upton parish church, the fine Willoughby monuments in Willoughby-on-the-Wolds church, Wysall church; Harry Gill's A Short History of Nottingham Castle, published in 1904.

6 September 2003

• Articles on Averham, Kelham and Rolleston churches, Radford Folly, Scrooby and the Sutton family of Averham.

31 August 2003

• Articles on Bramcote Manor House, Attenborough church, Strelley church and monuments, Nuttall church and Nuthall Temple, The Hemlock Stone, Broxtowe Hall and Bilborough and Stapleford church and Anglo-Saxon cross.

24 August 2003

• Articles on Beauvale Priory, Screveton Church, Margidunum Roman town near East Bridgeford, Dr Robert Thoroton and Brunsell Hall, Car Colston.

11 August 2003

• Articles on the Fight at Willoughby Field, 1648, the churches and villages of Norwell, Sutton-on-Trent, Ossington, North Muskham, Egmanton, and Laxton.

3 August 2003

• Articles on Haughton Hall, chapel and school; Selston Old Hall; Thrumpton Hall; Bothamsall Mound.

20 July 2003

• Wide variety of articles from the Transactions of the Thoroton Society

25 May 2003

• Griseleia in Snottinghamscire by Rev Rodolph Baron von Hube is a history of the large parish of Greasley which until the late 19th century covered Brinsley, Watnall, Moorgreen, Kimberley and Hempshill.

April-May 2003

• Old Notts History and Archaeology website moved from its original home at www.cthulu.demon.co.uk to a new and more memorable domain name (www.nottshistory.org.uk) and given a radical makeover.