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Smedley, P., 'Dennis Thacker - the End of an Era? The closure of Thacker's Garage and a brief overview of the story of motoring in Collingham', The Irregular : The Journal of the Collingham and District Local History Society, 7, May 2025, 46-78.
(NOTES: Illustrations. Thacker's Garage closed in 2024. | PLACE: Collingham, North and South | SUBJECT: Economic history > Transport and communications > Road transport > Motor vehicles; Economic history > Transport and communications > Road transport > Garages (auto-repair) and petrol stations | ONLINE: - | ISBN/ISSN: | PUBLICATION TYPE: Article in serial | ID NUMBER: 13364)

Smedley, P. and Lodge, J., 'Langford Deserted Medieval Village', The Irregular : The Journal of the Collingham and District Local History Society, 7, May 2025, 191-201.
(NOTES: Illustrations, maps. Bibliographical references. | PLACE: Collingham, North and South | SUBJECT: Historic environment > Monuments > Settlements > Medieval settlements > Deserted settlements > Langford | ONLINE: - | ISBN/ISSN: | PUBLICATION TYPE: Article in serial | ID NUMBER: 13372)

Stockdale, M., 'Normanton on Trent, Brotts Road' in King, C. (editor), 'Archaeology in Nottinghamshire 2024', Transactions of the Thoroton Society : The Journal for Nottinghamshire History and Archaeology, 128, 2024, 19.
(NOTES: Bibliographical reference. Summary of a historic building survey of farm buildings at Holly Crest, Brotts Road, Normanton on Trent. | PLACE: Normanton on Trent | SUBJECT: Historic environment > Architecture and building > Secular > Farmsteads and farm buildings | ONLINE: - | ISBN/ISSN: | PUBLICATION TYPE: Contribution to article in serial | ID NUMBER: 13329)

Stothard, C. and Barker, D., 'North Collingham's 1791 Pre-Enclosure Map: The re-discovery and conservation of a rare document', The Irregular : The Journal of the Collingham and District Local History Society, 7, May 2025, 157-164.
(NOTES: Illustrations. Bibliographical references. | PLACE: Collingham, North and South | SUBJECT: Geography > Maps | ONLINE: - | ISBN/ISSN: | PUBLICATION TYPE: Article in serial | ID NUMBER: 13369)

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. | PLACE: Collingham, North and South | SUBJECT: Geography > Maps | ONLINE: - | ISBN/ISSN: | PUBLICATION TYPE: Article in serial | 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. | PLACE: Gedling | SUBJECT: Local government and services > Health and medicine > Public health | ONLINE: - | ISBN/ISSN: | PUBLICATION TYPE: Article in serial | 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). | PLACE: Nottingham: Districts and suburbs > Wollaton | SUBJECT: Historic environment > Architecture and building > Secular > Domestic Buildings | ONLINE: - | ISBN/ISSN: | PUBLICATION TYPE: Article in serial | 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. | PLACE: Retford (and East Retford) | SUBJECT: Culture and recreation > Music | ONLINE: - | ISBN/ISSN: 9781739304232 | PUBLICATION TYPE: Monograph | 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. | PLACE: Greasley > Watnall | SUBJECT: Economic history > Agriculture > Beekeeping | ONLINE: - | ISBN/ISSN: | PUBLICATION TYPE: Article in serial | 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. | PLACE: Nottingham | SUBJECT: Culture and recreation > Sports > Horse racing | ONLINE: - | ISBN/ISSN: | PUBLICATION TYPE: Article in serial | 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. | PLACE: Southwell | SUBJECT: Culture and recreation > Literature > Lord Byron | ONLINE: - | ISBN/ISSN: 9780951689196 | PUBLICATION TYPE: Monograph | 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. | PLACE: Newstead | SUBJECT: Culture and recreation > Literature > General | ONLINE: DOI: 10.1080/0047729X.2024.2428452 | ISBN/ISSN: | PUBLICATION TYPE: Article in serial | 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). | PLACE: Greasley | SUBJECT: Economic history > Manufacturing industry and crafts > Textiles and Clothing > Hosiery; Economic history > Extractive industry > Coal > Coal mining | ONLINE: - | ISBN/ISSN: | PUBLICATION TYPE: Article in serial | ID NUMBER: 13345)

Cousins, T., 'Arnold, Dorket Head Quarry', in King, C. (editor), 'Archaeology in Nottinghamshire 2023', Transactions of the Thoroton Society : The journal for Nottinghamshire history and archaeology, 127, 2023, [13].
(NOTES: Illustration. Romano-British rectilinear ditch from an enclosure and six pits uncovered. | PLACE: Arnold | SUBJECT: Historic environment > Monuments > Features > Ditches > Romano-British ditches; | ONLINE: - | ISBN/ISSN: | PUBLICATION TYPE: Contribution to article in serial | 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. | PLACE: Nottingham: Districts and suburbs > Bulwell | SUBJECT: Economic history > Transport and communications > Air Transport > Air crashes | ONLINE: - | ISBN/ISSN: | PUBLICATION TYPE: Article in serial | ID NUMBER: 13352)

Danielsson, E. and Hogue, J. T., 'South Wheatley, Wood Lane', in King, C. (editor), 'Archaeology in Nottinghamshire 2023', Transactions of the Thoroton Society : The journal for Nottinghamshire history and archaeology, 127, 2023, 28.
(NOTES: Bibliographical references. Complex sequence of intercutting ditches of Romano-British date. Large quantities of building material suggest structures nearby. | PLACE: South Wheatley | SUBJECT: Historic environment > Monuments > Settlements > Romano-British settlements > Enclosures | ONLINE: - | ISBN/ISSN: | PUBLICATION TYPE: Contribution to article in serial | 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. | PLACE: Nottingham: Districts and suburbs > Clifton | SUBJECT: Historic environment > Monuments > Settlements > Middle Bronze Age-Late Iron Age > Lake settlements | ONLINE: - | ISBN/ISSN: | PUBLICATION TYPE: Article in serial | 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.' | PLACE: Nottingham; | SUBJECT: Economic history > Trade and craft associations > Guilds | ONLINE: DOI: 10.1080/0047729X.2023.2299035 | ISBN/ISSN: | PUBLICATION TYPE: Article in serial | 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. | PLACE: Nottingham; | SUBJECT: Biography and family history > Biography | ONLINE: - | ISBN/ISSN: | PUBLICATION TYPE: Article in serial | 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. | 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 | ONLINE: - | ISBN/ISSN: 978-1804515488 | PUBLICATION TYPE: Monograph in series | 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. | PLACE: Nottinghamshire | SUBJECT: Historic environment > Artefacts and finds > General | ONLINE: - | ISBN/ISSN: | PUBLICATION TYPE: Article in serial | ID NUMBER: 13307)

Kinsley, G., 'Nottingham, Stoney Street', in King, C. (editor), 'Archaeology in Nottinghamshire 2023', Transactions of the Thoroton Society : The journal for Nottinghamshire history and archaeology, 127, 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. | PLACE: Nottingham | SUBJECT: Historic environment > Architecture and buildings > Caves | ONLINE: - | ISBN/ISSN: | PUBLICATION TYPE: Contribution to article in serial | 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.' | PLACE: Kirkby in Ashfield | SUBJECT: Historic environment > Architecture and building > Secular > Castles and Fortifications > Individual castles | ONLINE: Available online at the Kirkby & District Archaeological Group Facebook page | ISBN/ISSN: | PUBLICATION TYPE: Monograph | 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. | PLACE: Collingham, North and South > North Collingham | SUBJECT: Economic history > Agriculture > Enclosures | ONLINE: - | ISBN/ISSN: | PUBLICATION TYPE: Article in serial | 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. | PLACE: Clipstone > Kings Clipstone | SUBJECT: Historic environment > Artefacts and finds > Armour and weapons > Weapons > Edged weapons > Dagger | ONLINE: - | ISBN/ISSN: | PUBLICATION TYPE: Article in serial | ID NUMBER: 13309)

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