View source for Nottinghamshire place-names

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=== Introduction ===
Gover, Mawer and Stenton note in the English Place-Name Society's volume on Nottinghamshire that
<blockquote>[a]s might be expected in the county of Nottingham references to the Robin Hood story are frequent but none of the names is recorded except in modern maps and documents. We may note Robin Hood's Cave, Chair, Grave, Hill, Stable and Well, Robin Hood Close, Farm and Meadow, Robin Hood Close and Little John, all from the Sherwood and neighbouring districts.<ref>{{:Gover, John Eric Bruce 1940a}}, p. 294.</ref></blockquote>

While It is true that most Robin Hood-related place-names in Nottinghamshire are only recorded relatively late, two such name, [[Robin Hood's Well (Nottingham)|Robin Hood's Well]] and [[Robin Hood's Close (Nottingham)|Robin Hood's Close]] were in fact in use already in the early Tudor period.

A systematic search for relevant field names in all Nottinghamshire tithe awards<ref>Online at [https://www.thegenealogist.com/ The Genealogist] (£).</ref> was completed on 3 Oct. 2020. Everything found in the course of this search has a page of its own in this section of IRHB. However, there are still place-names to be added from early Ordnance Survey maps, the English Place-Name Society's volume on Nottinghamshire,<ref>{{:Gover, John Eric Bruce 1940a}}.</ref> Dobson & Taylor's list of Robin Hood-related place-names,<ref>{{:Dobson, Richard Barrie 1976a|Dobson & Taylor}}, pp. 300-303.</ref> tourist guides etc.

== County description ==
The Historic Counties Trust describes Nottinghamshire as follows:
<div class="blockthorny"><p>Nottinghamshire stretches from the heart of the Midlands to the edge of Yorkshire. It is an entirely inland county, but low-lying; rarely reaching 600 feet above sea level. The River Trent, the great river of the Midlands, crosses southern Nottinghamshire as a broad stream. The City of Nottingham itself is one of the largest of the Midland towns. At its heart is a mediæval castle on a sandstone hill overlooking and commanding the Trent. The cliffs in and around Nottingham have caves, some man-made; the mediæval inn "The Trip to Jerusalem" is built into a cave, and higher up the Trent there were cave-dwellers into the twentieth century. (In the ninth century Asser said that Nottingham's name in Welsh was Tig Guocobauc: House of Caves.) North of Nottingham is Sherwood Forest, shrunk since the Middle Ages but still with many acres of woodland, particularly around Ollerton. Sherwood is famous as the legendary haunt of Robin Hood. Beyond Sherwood lie the great parks of "the Dukeries"; Clumber, Rufford, Thoresby, and Welbeck. However by this time Nottinghamshire has changed; by Ollerton the coal fields have begun and the county becomes industrialised. Western Nottinghamshire in particular is part of an industrial belt together with eastern Derbyshire. The mines, though much reduced, have created new villages and towns, which stretch in a belt up towards the Yorkshire boundary. The major towns in this part are Mansfield and Worksop "the capital of the Dukeries". The east of the county manages to remain agricultural. Here is found Southwell, home of a Cathedral of great architectural interest. The Fosse Way crosses the south and east of Nottinghamshire, part of its long course from Bath to Lincoln, and remarkably is almost devoid of villages along its route.</p>
<p>'''Main Towns:''' Beeston, Blidworth, Eastwood, Edwinstone, Mansfield, Newark on Trent, Nottingham, Retford, Southwell, Worksop.<br/>'''Main Rivers:''' Trent, Idle, Maun, Devon.<br/>'''Highlights:''' Major Oak, Edwinstone; Robin Hood Hills; Thoresby Hall; Wollaton Hall.<br/>'''Highest Point:''' Silverhill, {{FeetToM|671}} m.<br/>'''Area:'''	{{SquareMilesToKm2|825}} km<sup>2</sup>.<ref>[http://www.county-borders.co.uk/ The Historic Counties Trust] has kindly allowed me to quote its [http://www.county-borders.co.uk/historiccountiestrust/descriptions.html county descriptions] ''in toto''. We have converted square miles to km<sup>2</sup> and feet to meters.</ref></p></div>
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== Lists and gazetteers ==
* {{:Dobson, Richard Barrie 1976a}}, pp. 300-303
* {{:Gover, John Eric Bruce 1940a}}.

== Guides and other secondary literature ==
* {{:Edwinstowe Historical Society 1987a}}
* {{:Nottingham Wayfarers' Rambling Club 1994a}}
* {{:Rodgers, Joseph 1908a}}
* {{:Rotherham, Ian D 2013a}}.

== Background ==
* [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/search?query=&title=nottinghamshire+victoria+county British History Online: Victoria County History &ndash; Nottinghamshire]
* [http://www.county-borders.co.uk/historiccountiestrust/descriptions.html The Historic Counties Trust: Historic Counties Descriptions]
* [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/12/31/robin-hood-oak-frackers-sights/ Hope, Christopher. 'Robin Hood oak in frackers' sights as chemical firm plans extraction under Sherwood Forest', ''The Telegraph'', 31 Dec. 2016]
* {{:Nichols, Harold 1987a}}. Not seen
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nottinghamshire Wikipedia: Nottinghamshire].

== Neighbours ==
* [[Derbyshire place-names|Derbyshire]]
* [[East Riding of Yorkshire place-names|East Riding of Yorkshire]]
* [[Leicestershire place-names|Leicestershire]]
* [[Lincolnshire place-names|Lincolnshire]]
* [[West Riding of Yorkshire place-names|West Riding of Yorkshire]]
* [[Yorkshire place-names|Yorkshire.]]

== Also see ==
* [[Allusions to Nottinghamshire]]
* [[Doubtful place-names in Gest of Robyn Hode]]

== Notes ==
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