Historical County Map of Nottinghamshire
Worksop Manor, Nottingham castle and Newstead Abbey create a stunning backdrop for this reproduction map of Nottinghamshire.
A county of England, bounded on the N. by Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, on the E. by the latter county, on the S. by Leicestershire, and on the W. by Derbyshire. Its greatest length is 50 miles; its greatest breadth about 25. It is divided into 8 hundreds, and contains 13 towns, 168 parishes, and about 249,910 inhabitants. The principal rivers are the Trent and Idle. Almost the whole of the middle and western parts of the county were formerly occupied by the extensive forest of Sherwood, which is the only royal forest N. of the Trent; but the wood has in many parts been cleared, and the extent of the forest much contracted........
A county of England, bounded on the N. by Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, on the E. by the latter county, on the S. by Leicestershire, and on the W. by Derbyshire. Its greatest length is 50 miles; its greatest breadth about 25. It is divided into 8 hundreds, and contains 13 towns, 168 parishes, and about 249,910 inhabitants. The principal rivers are the Trent and Idle. Almost the whole of the middle and western parts of the county were formerly occupied by the extensive forest of Sherwood, which is the only royal forest N. of the Trent; but the wood has in many parts been cleared, and the extent of the forest much contracted........