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Nottingham is notable for its lack of evidence of occupation during the Roman era. [ 12 ] [ 13 ] Although the Fosse Way was one of Britain's major Roman roads and passed within six miles to the south of Nottingham, there is no record of any crossing of the Trent or settlement close to the site of the modern city.
1693 – Nottingham Waterworks Company established. 1723 – Bluecoat school built. [9] 1726 – Nottingham Exchange built. 1732 – Richard Arkwright the inventor was born. 1741 – Nottingham Journal newspaper begins publication. [10] 1743 – Chapel Bar, the last remaining medieval city gate was demolished for the widening of the road.
Southern British tribes before the Roman invasion. In common with other regions on the edge of the empire, Britain had enjoyed diplomatic and trading links with the Romans in the century since Julius Caesar's expeditions in 55 and 54 BC, and Roman economic and cultural influence was a significant part of the British late pre-Roman Iron Age, especially in the south.
The counties of England in 1086. The first mention of the shire of Nottingham occurs in 1016, when it was harried by Canute.The boundaries have remained practically unaltered since the time of the Domesday Survey from 1086, and the eight Domesday wapentakes were unchanged in 1610; in 1719 they had been reduced to six, their present number, Oswaldbeck being absorbed in Bassetlaw, of which it ...
The Great Heathen Army, [a] also known as the Viking Great Army, [1] was a coalition of Scandinavian warriors who invaded England in 865 AD.Since the late 8th century, the Vikings [b] had been engaging in raids on centres of wealth, such as monasteries.
This is a list of cities and towns founded by the Romans.. It lists cities established and built by the ancient Romans to have begun as a colony, often for the settlement of citizens or veterans of the legions.
Nottingham (/ ˈ n ɒ t ɪ ŋ ə m / ⓘ NOT-ing-əm, locally / ˈ n ɒ t n ʊ m /) is a cathedral 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.
Roman Britain was the territory that became the Roman province of Britannia after the Roman conquest of Britain, consisting of a large part of the island of Great Britain. The occupation lasted from AD 43 to AD 410. [1] [2] Julius Caesar invaded Britain in 55 and 54 BC as part of his Gallic Wars. [3]