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Roberts, J., 'Nottingham, 248-262 Huntingdon Street', in King, C. (editor), 'Archaeology in Nottinghamshire 2023', Transactions of the Thoroton Society : The journal for Nottinghamshire history and archaeology, 127, 2023, 21-23.
(NOTES: Illustrations. Double-flue medieval pottery kiln. Unusual features include floor being supported on individual pillars of clay rather than a solid pedestal and the use of jug wasters to repair the kiln wall. | PLACE: Nottingham | SUBJECT: Historic environment > Monuments > Industrial > Pottery production sites > Pottery kilns | ONLINE: - | ISBN/ISSN: | PUBLICATION TYPE: Contribution to article in serial | ID NUMBER: 13301)
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)
Parker, L. and Cousins, T., 'Nottingham, Wollaton Park', in King, C. (editor), 'Archaeology in Nottinghamshire 2023', Transactions of the Thoroton Society : The journal for Nottinghamshire history and archaeology, 127, 2023, 24-26.
(NOTES: Illustrations. Excavation of a demolished greenhouse or orangery depicted on 17th-century landscape paintings of the house and park. | PLACE: Nottingham: Districts and suburbs > Wollaton | SUBJECT: Historic environment > Monuments > Gardens, parks and urban spaces > Gardens > Garden buildings > Glasshouse> Orangery | ONLINE: - | ISBN/ISSN: | PUBLICATION TYPE: Contribution to article in serial | ID NUMBER: 13303)
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)
Latham, J., Danielsson, E. and Hogue, J. T., 'Radcliffe on Trent, Nottingham Road', in King, C. (editor), 'Archaeology in Nottinghamshire 2023', Transactions of the Thoroton Society : The journal for Nottinghamshire history and archaeology, 127, 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. | PLACE: Radcliffe on Trent | SUBJECT: Historic environment > Monuments > Settlements > Medieval > Rural settlements | ONLINE: - | ISBN/ISSN: | PUBLICATION TYPE: Contribution to article in serial | ID NUMBER: 13304)
Wolf, A., 'Skegby, land off Tuxford Road', in King, C. (editor), 'Archaeology in Nottinghamshire 2023', Transactions of the Thoroton Society : The journal for Nottinghamshire history and archaeology, 127, 2023, 27-28.
(NOTES: Two areas of Late Iron Age to early Roman activity comprising ditches and pits. Small probably Romano-British farmstead with evidence of crop processing. Metalworking and areas of butchery waste. | PLACE: Marnham > Skegby | SUBJECT: Historic environment > Monuments > Settlements > Iron Age-Romano-British settlements > Rural settlements | ONLINE: - | ISBN/ISSN: | PUBLICATION TYPE: Contribution to article in serial | ID NUMBER: 13305)
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)
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. | PLACE: Nottinghamshire | SUBJECT: History and archaeology > Placenames | ONLINE: Available online at the Thoroton Society of Nottinghamshire website | ISBN/ISSN: | PUBLICATION TYPE: Article in serial | ID NUMBER: 13360)
Parker, D., 'Nottingham's phantom plague of 1667', The Nottinghamshire Historian, No. 112, Spring/Summer 2024, 29-35.
(NOTES: Illustrations. Examines claims that Nottingham saw the last outbreak of bubonic plague in Great Britain. | PLACE: Nottingham; | SUBJECT: Social history > Health and disease > Infectious diseases > Bubonic plague | ONLINE: - | ISBN/ISSN: | PUBLICATION TYPE: Article in serial | ID NUMBER: 13350)
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. | PLACE: Gedling | SUBJECT: Biography and family history > Biography | ONLINE: Available online at the Thoroton Society of Nottinghamshire website | ISBN/ISSN: | PUBLICATION TYPE: Article in serial | ID NUMBER: 13358)
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)
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)
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. | PLACE: Nottingham; Newark | SUBJECT: Economic history > Manufacturing industry and crafts > Foodstuffs | ONLINE: - | ISBN/ISSN: | PUBLICATION TYPE: Article in serial | ID NUMBER: 13351)
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)
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. | PLACE: Nottinghamshire | SUBJECT: Culture and recreation > Literature > General | ONLINE: - | ISBN/ISSN: 9781398113251 | PUBLICATION TYPE: Monograph | ID NUMBER: 13323)
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)
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)
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.' | PLACE: Nottingham; | SUBJECT: Population > Population estimates | ONLINE: DOI: 10.1017/S0268416024000213 | ISBN/ISSN: | PUBLICATION TYPE: Article in serial | ID NUMBER: 13397)
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)
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)
Morgan, E., A History of Thurgarton, Nottinghamshire, Southwell : Sudwell Press, 2024, 414 p.
(NOTES: Illustrations. Bibliographical references. | PLACE: Thurgarton | SUBJECT: History and archaeology > General | ONLINE: - | ISBN/ISSN: 9781916100329 | PUBLICATION TYPE: Monograph | ID NUMBER: 13319)
King, M., 'The Portable Antiquities Scheme in Nottinghamshire 2020 to 2022', Transactions of the Thoroton Society of Nottinghamshire, 126, 2022, [29]-36.
(NOTES: Illustrations. Bibliographical references. Highlights some of the significant finds reported to the Portable Antiquities Scheme between 1 January 2020 and 31 December 2022. | PLACE: Nottinghamshire | SUBJECT: Historic environment > Artefacts and finds > General | ONLINE: - | ISBN/ISSN: | PUBLICATION TYPE: Article in serial | ID NUMBER: 13225)
Shaffrey, R., Stansbie, D. and Champness, C., 'A Bronze Age cremation burial, Middle Iron Age settlement and medieval windmill at Fernwood, Nottinghamshire', Transactions of the Thoroton Society of Nottinghamshire, 126, 2022, [36]-57.
(NOTES: Illustrations, plans, sections. Bibliographical references. Excavation uncovered evidence of three main phases of activity: a cremation burial from the early Bronze Age, extensive evidence of middle Iron Age activity (enclosures, field systems and evidence of settlement) and the base of a medieval post-and-beam windmill. | PLACE: Balderton | SUBJECT: Historic environment > Monuments > Settlements > Iron Age settlements > Enclosures; Historic environment > Monuments > Religious, ritual and funerary > Funerary site > Burials > Bronze Age cremation; Historic environment > Monuments > Industrial > Wind power site > Windmill | ONLINE: - | ISBN/ISSN: | PUBLICATION TYPE: Article in serial | ID NUMBER: 13226)
Millington, T., 'A Roman Bilsthorpe? A possible origin for an earthwork enclosure at Bilsthorpe, Nottinghamshire', Transactions of the Thoroton Society of Nottinghamshire, 126, 2022, [59]-67.
(NOTES: Illustrations, plans, maps. Bibliographical references. Presents evidence for a large rectangular enclosure in the centre of Bilsthorpe village being Romano-British in origin rather than medieval. | PLACE: Bilsthorpe | SUBJECT: Historic environment > Monuments > Settlements > Romano-British settlements > Enclosures | ONLINE: - | ISBN/ISSN: | PUBLICATION TYPE: Article in serial | ID NUMBER: 13227)
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