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Nottingham (/ ˈ n ɒ t ɪ ŋ ə m / ⓘ NOT-ing-əm, locally / ˈ n ɒ t n ʊ m /) is a city and unitary authority area in Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, England. It is located 33 miles (53 km) south-east of Sheffield and 45 miles (72 km) north-east of Birmingham. Nottingham is the legendary home of Robin Hood and to the lace-making, bicycle ...
Nottinghamshire (/ ˈ n ɒ t ɪ ŋ ə m ʃ ər,-ʃ ɪər /; [4] abbreviated Notts.) is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands of England. The county borders South Yorkshire to the north-west, Lincolnshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south, and Derbyshire to the west.
The Nottingham Blitz was the Nazi German Luftwaffe bombing on the city of Nottingham on the evenings of 8/9 May 1941 as part of a nationwide campaign to disrupt key industrial production, undermine morale and destroy factories, rail networks and infrastructure. During one air raid alone 140 people had been killed and 4,500 houses had been ...
Nottingham city centre is the cultural, commercial, financial and historical heart of Nottingham, England, and represents the central area of the Greater Nottingham conurbation. The centre of the city is usually defined as the Old Market Square , one of the largest surviving town squares in the United Kingdom .
The post of Mayor of Nottingham was created in the Charter of Edward I approved on 12 February 1284. [1]The title was changed to Lord Mayor of Nottingham by letters patent, announced by King George V on 10 July 1928, at the opening of the new University College at Highfields.
George Hall of Derby was the architect, and J.C. Hall of Nottingham the contractor [2] and it had its entrance on Station Street. During 1869, the Midland Railway purchased the West Croft Canal arm, filling it and building additional parallel tracks to south. [3] During the 1880s, Nottingham station employed 170 staff.
The Nottingham Built-up Area (BUA), Nottingham Urban Area, or Greater Nottingham is an area of land defined by the Office for National Statistics as built-up land with a minimum area of 20 hectares (200,000 m 2), while settlements within 200 metres of each other are linked.
Nottingham Victoria station in the early 1900s. In 1904, the Midland Railway closed their station in Nottingham and opened a new one, Nottingham Midland station, which is still open today. [3] By 1967, Nottingham Victoria station had become run down; both the station, and passenger numbers on the routes through it, suffered from low demand.