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Wardle, J. P., 'Conserving Collingham's Map', The Irregular : The Journal of the Collingham and District Local History Society, 7, May 2025, 165-175.
(Notes: Illustrations. Details the conservation process of the North Collingham 1791 Pre-Enclosure Map. Also includes a selection of images of the map with informative captions. | Publication type: Article in serial | Place: Collingham, North and South | Subject: Geography > Maps | eBook: - | ISBN/ISSN: | Id number: 13370)
White, T., 'The precautionary hints of Rev. Charles Smelt, rector of Gedling, and the cholera outbreak of 1823', Transactions of the Thoroton Society : The Journal for Nottinghamshire History and Archaeology, 128, 2024, [125]-135.
(Notes: Bibliographical references. A transcript (with discussion) of advice the Rev Charles Smelt (1784-1831) compiled for his parishioners in Gedling on how to protect themselves against cholera, based on his experiences travelling in Egypt. | Publication type: Article in serial | Place: Gedling | Subject: Local government and services > Health and medicine > Public health | eBook: - | ISBN/ISSN: | Id number: 13341)
Wright, J. with contributions from Hamilton, A., 'Early domestic buildings in Wollaton, Nottinghamshire', Transactions of the Thoroton Society : The Journal for Nottinghamshire History and Archaeology, 128, 2024, [42]-68.
(Notes: Illustrations, maps, plans, sections. Bibliographical references. Historic buildings surveys of four properties in the historic core of Wollaton: The Chantry (737 Wollaton Road), Ivy Cottage (735 Wollaton Road), the Admiral Rodney public house (Wollaton Road) and Middleton Cottage (2 Rectory Road). | Publication type: Article in serial | Place: Nottingham: Districts and suburbs > Wollaton | Subject: Historic environment > Architecture and building > Secular > Domestic Buildings | eBook: - | ISBN/ISSN: | Id number: 13337)
Anwyl, A., Music in Retford in the Early Years of the Twentieth Century 1901-1929, Retford: Bookworm, 2024, 276 p.
(Notes: Illustrations. Topics include: Music at Home, Choral Societies, Church Music, Bands and Orchestras, Music Shops, Music Teachers and Music in Schools. | Publication type: Monograph | Place: Retford (and East Retford) | Subject: Culture and recreation > Music | eBook: - | ISBN/ISSN: 9781739304232 | Id number: 13324)
Applebey, C., 'The vellum bee book of Watnall Hall', The Nottinghamshire Historian, No. 113, Autumn/Winter 2024, 32-37.
(Notes: Illustrations. Sir Lancelot Rolleston of Watnall Hall was a keen bee-keeper and designed and built a 'bee house' in the grounds of the house. | Publication type: Article in serial | Place: Greasley > Watnall | Subject: Economic history > Agriculture > Beekeeping | eBook: - | ISBN/ISSN: | Id number: 13347)
Beckett, J., 'Horse racing in eighteenth-century Nottingham: Catherine Hutton's visit in 1779', Transactions of the Thoroton Society : The journal for Nottinghamshire history and archaeology, 127, 2023, [103]-118.
(Notes: Illustrations. Bibliographical references. Catherine Hutton's diary entries for Nottingham's race week in 1779 provide a source from which we can view the social life of the town and understand how the 'middling sort' functioned. | Publication type: Article in serial | Place: Nottingham | Subject: Culture and recreation > Sports > Horse racing | eBook: - | ISBN/ISSN: | Id number: 13313)
Bond, G., Byron's manor: birthplace of his poetry, Nottingham: Nick McCann Associates, 2024, 162 p.
(Notes: Illustrations, facsimiles. Bibliography. Explores how Lord Byron wrote and published his first four books while living at Burgage Manor in Southwell. Includes 43 letters written by Byron during his time in Southwell, plus previously unpublished poetry. | Publication type: Monograph | Place: Southwell | Subject: Culture and recreation > Literature > Lord Byron | eBook: - | ISBN/ISSN: 9780951689196 | Id number: 13386)
Bowring, N., 'Recapturing History: Newstead Abbey and Romantic-Gothic Interpretation', Midland History, 49(3), Published online: 2 Dec 2024, 285-304.
(Notes: Illustrations. Bibliographical references. | Publication type: Article in serial | Place: Newstead | Subject: Culture and recreation > Literature > General | eBook: DOI: 10.1080/0047729X.2024.2428452 | ISBN/ISSN: | Id number: 13318)
Chapman, S., 'Greasley Castle : An early centre of industrial enterprise in Nottinghamshire, c.1570-1800', The Nottinghamshire Historian, No. 113, Autumn/Winter 2024, 6-12.
(Notes: Illustrations. Bibliographical references. Article 'seeks to explain how the hosiery and coal industries, under dynamic enterprise, brought new life to Greasley.' Part 2 of article appears in No. 115 (Autumn/Winter 2025). | Publication type: Article in serial | Place: Greasley | Subject: Economic history > Manufacturing industry and crafts > Textiles and Clothing > Hosiery; Economic history > Extractive industry > Coal > Coal mining | eBook: - | ISBN/ISSN: | Id number: 13345)
Cousins, T., 'Arnold, Dorket Head Quarry', in King, C. (editor), 'Archaeology in Nottinghamshire 2023', , 2023, [13].
(Notes: Illustration. Romano-British rectilinear ditch from an enclosure and six pits uncovered. | Publication type: Contribution to article in serial | Place: Arnold | Subject: Historic environment > Monuments > Features > Ditches > Romano-British ditches; | eBook: - | ISBN/ISSN: | Id number: 13297)
Danes, L., ''Never nearer Heaven': the crash of Canberra VN850 at Bulwell Common', The Nottinghamshire Historian, No. 114, Spring/Summer 2025, 18-26.
(Notes: Illustrations. Bibliographical references. The test flight of the final prototype of the Royal Air Force's new twin-engined high-altitude jet bomber, the English Electric Canberra B Mk 1, VN850, from Hucknall airfield on 13 June 1951 ended in disaster when one of the plane's engines failed resulting in a crash-landing near Bulwell Common railway station. The pilot was killed. | Publication type: Article in serial | Place: Nottingham: Districts and suburbs > Bulwell | Subject: Economic history > Transport and communications > Air Transport > Air crashes | eBook: - | ISBN/ISSN: | Id number: 13352)
Danielsson, E. and Hogue, J. T., 'South Wheatley, Wood Lane', in King, C. (editor), 'Archaeology in Nottinghamshire 2023', , 2023, 28.
(Notes: Bibliographical references. Complex sequence of intercutting ditches of Romano-British date. Large quantities of building material suggest structures nearby. | Publication type: Contribution to article in serial | Place: South Wheatley | Subject: Historic environment > Monuments > Settlements > Romano-British settlements > Enclosures | eBook: - | ISBN/ISSN: | Id number: 13306)
Davis, R., 'The Clifton prehistoric pile site on the River Trent', Transactions of the Thoroton Society : The journal for Nottinghamshire history and archaeology, 127, 2023, [39]-46.
(Notes: Illustrations, plan. Bibliographical references. Reviews a site comprising of a large number of wooden piles, Bronze Age metal artefacts and Iron Age logboats discovered during dredging of the River Trent in 1938. | Publication type: Article in serial | Place: Nottingham: Districts and suburbs > Clifton | Subject: Historic environment > Monuments > Settlements > Middle Bronze Age-Late Iron Age > Lake settlements | eBook: - | ISBN/ISSN: | Id number: 13308)
Goddard, R., and Smalley, G., 'Economics and the Cult of Death in Late Medieval England: The Guild of St. George in Nottingham, 1459-1546', Midland History, 49(1), 2024, 53-75.
(Notes: Illustrations, charts. Bibliographical references. Article studies 'the decline of the fraternity of St. George in Nottingham between 1459 and 1546'. Despite adroit financial management membership declined and the paper 'discusses the role of religious reform in the guild?s ultimate demise.' | Publication type: Article in serial | Place: Nottingham; | Subject: Economic history > Trade and craft associations > Guilds | eBook: DOI: 10.1080/0047729X.2023.2299035 | ISBN/ISSN: | Id number: 13384)
Gray, A., 'A scandalous divorce amidst Nottingham's commercial elite', The Nottinghamshire Historian, No. 113, Autumn/Winter 2024, 24-28.
(Notes: Illustrations. A scandal involving George Stanger, a leading Nottingham surgeon, and Frances, wife of architect Henry Walter Wood. | Publication type: Article in serial | Place: Nottingham; | Subject: Biography and family history > Biography | eBook: - | ISBN/ISSN: | Id number: 13346)
Jennings, S. B., Royalist Newark, 1642-1646: Sieges and Siege Works, Century of the Soldier, 1618-1721, 121, Warwick: Helion & Company, 2024, 174 p.
(Notes: Illustrations, maps. Bibliographical references. | Publication type: Monograph in series | Place: Newark | Subject: History and archaeology > Seventeenth century > Civil War > The sieges of Newark; Military history > The English Civil Wars/The British Civil Wars > Sieges of Newark | eBook: - | ISBN/ISSN: 978-1804515488 | Id number: 13320)
King, M., 'The Portable Antiquities Scheme in Nottinghamshire 2023', Transactions of the Thoroton Society : The journal for Nottinghamshire history and archaeology, 127, 2023, [29]-38.
(Notes: Illustrations. Bibliographical references.Highlights some of the significant finds reported to the Portable Antiquities Scheme between 1 January 2023 and 31 December 2023. | Publication type: Article in serial | Place: Nottinghamshire | Subject: Historic environment > Artefacts and finds > General | eBook: - | ISBN/ISSN: | Id number: 13307)
Kinsley, G., 'Nottingham, Stoney Street', in King, C. (editor), 'Archaeology in Nottinghamshire 2023', , 2023, 24.
(Notes: Illustration. Cave multi-phase system discovered during groundworks comprising a rectangular chamber extending into a linear chamber with an unusal curving plan. | Publication type: Contribution to article in serial | Place: Nottingham | Subject: Historic environment > Architecture and buildings > Caves | eBook: - | ISBN/ISSN: | Id number: 13302)
Kirkby & District Archaeological Group, Kirkby Castle: Kirkby in Ashfield's mystery revealed, Kirkby in Ashfield : Kirkby & District Archaeological Group, 2024, 34 p.
(Notes: Illustrations, maps, plans. Bibliographical references. Report of a project to examine the site of Kirkby in Ashfield Castle funded by the National Lottery
Heritage Fund. Geophysical surveys revealed the foundations of a possible open-courtyard castle with buildings constructed both inside and outside the main walls. The report concludes that 'a substantial stone-built castle/manor house was built on this site, probably during the second half of the 12th century. It appears to have had both tiled and thatched structures within its confines and had other supporting properties, such as mills, fish ponds, vintries and a deer park.' | Publication type: Monograph | Place: Kirkby in Ashfield | Subject: Historic environment > Architecture and building > Secular > Castles and Fortifications > Individual castles | eBook: Available online at the Kirkby & District Archaeological Group Facebook page | ISBN/ISSN: | Id number: 13396)
Knowles, L., 'North Collingham's 1790 pre-enclosure map', The Nottinghamshire Historian, No. 114, Spring/Summer 2025, 35-43.
(Notes: Illustration. Documents the conservation work and digitisation processes undertaken on the 1790 pre-enclosure map of North Collingham village. | Publication type: Article in serial | Place: Collingham, North and South > North Collingham | Subject: Economic history > Agriculture > Enclosures | eBook: - | ISBN/ISSN: | Id number: 13353)
Lamb, A. W., 'An Iron Age dagger hilt in the La T?ne plastic style from Clipstone, Nottinghamshire', Transactions of the Thoroton Society : The journal for Nottinghamshire history and archaeology, 127, 2023, [47]-59.
(Notes: Illustrations, maps. Bibliographical references. Argues that the dagger hilt formed part of an anthropoid dagger or short sword. | Publication type: Article in serial | Place: Clipstone > Kings Clipstone | Subject: Historic environment > Artefacts and finds > Armour and weapons > Weapons > Edged weapons > Dagger | eBook: - | ISBN/ISSN: | Id number: 13309)
Latham, J., Danielsson, E. and Hogue, J. T., 'Radcliffe on Trent, Nottingham Road', in King, C. (editor), 'Archaeology in Nottinghamshire 2023', , 2023, 26-27.
(Notes: Bibliographical references. Excavation of intercutting pits and ditches containing pottery from the 5th-13th centuries, possibly connected to crop-processing and storage. | Publication type: Contribution to article in serial | Place: Radcliffe on Trent | Subject: Historic environment > Monuments > Settlements > Medieval > Rural settlements | eBook: - | ISBN/ISSN: | Id number: 13304)
Lodge, J., 'Nottinghamshire Sauce', The Nottinghamshire Historian, No. 112, Spring/Summer 2024, 41-49.
(Notes: Illustrations. Bibliographical references. 'Nottinghamshire Sauce' was made by Edwin Cheshire Patchitt of Ilkeston Road, Nottingham from the mid-1860s and later in the century by Richard Patchitt of Newark. | Publication type: Article in serial | Place: Nottingham; Newark | Subject: Economic history > Manufacturing industry and crafts > Foodstuffs | eBook: - | ISBN/ISSN: | Id number: 13351)
Lodge, J., 'Instincts and experience of 1930s Nottinghamshire Borstal design (validated by modern research)', The Thoroton Society Newsletter, Issue 116, Summer 2024, 19-28.
(Notes: Illustrations, facsimiles. Bibiographical references. The principles behind the design of Lowdham Grange. | Publication type: Article in serial | Place: Lowdham | Subject: Local government and services > Crime and punishment > Prisons > Borstals | eBook: Available online at the Thoroton Society of Nottinghamshire website | ISBN/ISSN: | Id number: 13359)
Lomax, S. C., 'The southern town wall of Nottingham', Transactions of the Thoroton Society : The journal for Nottinghamshire history and archaeology, 127, 2023, [79]-91.
(Notes: Illustrations, map. Bibliographical references. Assesses a range of sources that appear to confirm the existence of a late medieval town wall along parts of Nottingham's southern side. | Publication type: Article in serial | Place: Nottingham; | Subject: Historic environment > Architecture and building > Secular > Town Defences | eBook: - | ISBN/ISSN: | Id number: 13311)
Lomax, S. C., 'Understanding late medieval population change in English towns: an alternative approach', Continuity and Change, 39(2), 2024, 261-291.
(Notes: Illustrations, maps. Tables. Bibliographical references. Article proposes an alternative methodology for estimating the medieval population of towns that 'integrates multiple strands of evidence, including court records, tax lists, and archaeological data, offering a more nuanced understanding of demographic change.' | Publication type: Article in serial | Place: Nottingham; | Subject: Population > Population estimates | eBook: DOI: 10.1017/S0268416024000213 | ISBN/ISSN: | Id number: 13397)
Molyneux, N., 'The lady warden of University Hall, St Andrews', The Thoroton Society Newsletter, Issue 115, Spring 2024, 31-33.
(Notes: Bibliographical references. The lady warden was Mrs Edwin Neave (born Emily Jane Suffield) from Gedling in Nottinghamshire. She was the younger sister of J. R. R. Tolkein's mother, Mabel. | Publication type: Article in serial | Place: Gedling | Subject: Biography and family history > Biography | eBook: Available online at the Thoroton Society of Nottinghamshire website | ISBN/ISSN: | Id number: 13358)
Molyneux, N., 'It's Grimr up north', The Thoroton Society Newsletter, Issue 116, Summer 2024, 28-31.
(Notes: Bibliographical references. Discussion of the place-name element 'Grim' in Nottinghamshire. | Publication type: Article in serial | Place: Nottinghamshire | Subject: History and archaeology > Placenames | eBook: Available online at the Thoroton Society of Nottinghamshire website | ISBN/ISSN: | Id number: 13360)
Mooney, D., Nottinghamshire Literary Heritage, Stroud: Amberley Publishing, 2024, 96 p.
(Notes: Illustrations. Brief biographies of Lord Byron, D. H. Lawrence, Alan Sillitoe, Philip James Bailey, Spencer T. Hall, Robert Millhouse, Thomas Miller, Hilda Lewis, William and Mary Howitt, Maud Anna Bell, Ann Gilbert, Kate Greenaway, Robert Dodsley, Luke Booker, Dorothy Whipple, Katherine Morris, Helen Cresswell, Rose Fyleman, L. M. Barrie, Henry Septimus Sutton, Henry Kirke White and Nottinghamshire literature in recent decades. | Publication type: Monograph | Place: Nottinghamshire | Subject: Culture and recreation > Literature > General | eBook: - | ISBN/ISSN: 9781398113251 | Id number: 13323)
Morgan, E., A History of Thurgarton, Nottinghamshire, Southwell : Sudwell Press, 2024, 414 p.
(Notes: Illustrations. Bibliographical references. | Publication type: Monograph | Place: Thurgarton | Subject: History and archaeology > General | eBook: - | ISBN/ISSN: 9781916100329 | Id number: 13319)
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