Memorials of Old Nottinghamshire

This edition has been fully restored with modern typesetting, custom cover design. This richly illustrated tribute to Nottinghamshire gathers expert essays on the county's history, architecture, landscape, and traditions, from medieval churches and religious houses to Wollaton Hall, Sherwood Forest, the Trent, clocks, coins, poets, Nottingham, and Southwell. Edited by Everard L. Guilford and dedicated to the county's inhabitants, it presents Nottinghamshire as a place where local history is best understood through both scholarship and lived landscape. The opening historical essay insists that tradition and geography belong beside documents, defending Robin Hood as a revealing figure of medieval social life and tracing the county from prehistoric cave dwellers through Roman, Saxon, Viking, and Norman times. It shows how the Trent and Sherwood shaped settlement, power, and conflict, making Nottingham and Newark strategically vital border towns. A separate architectural study finds lasting value in the county's often simple parish churches, shaped by local masons, available stone, and Southwell's influence. The volume culminates in vivid accounts of the Civil War, Nottingham Castle, and the hard-fought struggles around Newark, while also celebrating the town's trade, coal and stone industries, and William Lee's stocking-frame, which helped create Nottinghamshire's later prosperity.