A topographical sojourn through the towns and villages of Nottinghamshire, including Nottingham and its castle, Southwell Minster, Sherwood Forest, Retford, Newark etc., plus genealogical historical, literary or political anecdotes about prominent county families or the localities.

Includes over 120 illustrations..

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A compilation of essays, many of which were published in the Nottingham Daily Guardian.

Contains lots of fascinating information about the local history of the county.

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Seventeenth Century Parish Register Transcripts belonging to the Peculiar of Southwell,
Edited by T.M. Blagg, F.S.A.
Published in 1903

Transcripts of various seventeenth century parish registers of twenty-four of the parishes which belong to the Peculiar of Southwell, Nottinghamshire.

These transcripts were written on strips of parchment tied in one bundle and kept in the muniment roon at Southwell. They are obviously the remaining members of a much larger series of documents. Some of the transcripts are of an earlier time than the extant parish registers of
the particular parish.
Complete with indexes of names and places.

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The Registers of Austerfield, Yorkshire
Though in Yorkshire this township comes under the parish of Blyth, Nottinghamshire
Covering the period 1559 - 1812.
Complete with indexes of places and names.

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The Registers of Cowthorpe, Yorkshire
Covering the period 1568 - 1812.
Complete with indexes of places and names.
Transcribed by F. William Slingsby.
Published in 1910.

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Heraldic Visitation of the Northern Counties of England in 1530
by Thomas Tonge, Norry King of Arms.

With an appendix of other heraldic documents relating to the north of England.
Edited by W. Hylton Dyer Longstaffe, F.S.A.
Published in 1863.

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Paupers in Workhouses
Ordered by The House of Commons to be printed 30 July 1861.

Returns "from each workhouse in England & Wales, of the name of every adult pauper in each workhouse who has been an inmate of the workhouse during a continuous period of five years; stating the amount of time that each of such inmates shall have been in the workhouse, and the reason assigned why such persons are unable to maintain themselves:"
This cd contains the full return arranged by county and workhouse plus the summary

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Thoroton’s History of Nottinghamshire
Republished with Large Additions
by John Throsby
Published in 1797

This CD contains an updated edition of Thoroton’s sought after work Antiquities of Nottinghamshire.
In three volumes, compiled by John Throsby, a Leicester antiquary and parish clerk. Each volume containing its own index.
Includes the original text with Throsby’s own contemporary comments under a separate heading.
Plus many engravings and a colour map of Nottinghamshire.

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The Nottingham Date Book
Compiled by Henry Field
Published 1884.

The Date Book of Remarkable & Memorable Events connected with Nottingham and its Neighbourhood.

This rare book records the history of Nottingham and its neigbourhood from 850 through to 1884.
This CD contains the complete 1884 edition by Henry Field which includes the original John Frost Sutton compilation of 1852 (covering the period 1750 to 1849) plus the supplements extending the coverage of the work from 850 to 1884.

An excellent source for Nottingham events.

Complete with three indexes.

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Extracts (with notes) from the Pipe Rolls for the counties of Nottingham and Derby. From the earliest period to the end of the reign of King Edward I.
By John Pym Yeatman, Esq.

Perhaps the most valuable series of documents relating to county history after the Domesday Book.
Containing the national accounts of each sherrif of the county.
Pipe Rolls contain; details of taxes, scutages, reliefs, fee farm rents, fines and amercements; and those claiming exemptions.
Useful for local history, family history and social history.

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This history of the Church and Parish includes transcripts of the Marriages in the parish register for the period 1558-1812.
Also included is a list of the vicars and various miscellaneous records.
Complete with an index

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Kelly's Directory of Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire, 1895.

A directory of the towns and villages in Nottingamshire & Derbyshire includes a Court directory of the two counties and a Trades directory for the two counties.
Also includes street directories and private residents of Nottingham and Derby.
As with many of these directories the map is missing.

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Warsop Parish Registers,
with Notes and Illustrations.
By Richard J. King.
Published in 1884.

This book contains some parish register extracts for the parish of Warsop in Nottinghamshire from 1538-1812, together with comments on local families whose surnames appear in the registers.
Also contains a list of clergy and various statistics.
Useful for family and local history.

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Abstracts of Nottinghamshire Marriage Licences
Volume II.
Archdeaconary Court, 1701-175.3
Peculiar of Southwell, 1755-1853.
Published 1935.
Edited by Thomas M Blagg, M.B.E., F.S.A. and F. Arthur Wadsworth.

Abstracts of Marriage Licences at the Archdeacon's Court 1701 to 1753 and abstracts of Marriage Bonds and Allegations at Southwell 1755 to 1853.
A useful key to unlock genealogical problems of Nottinghamshire families for the 18th and 19th centuries.

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