Nottingham Castle
There were settlements in Nottingham long before the Romans, who themselves called the area "a place of cavy dwellings". However, the City's name comes from the later Anglo-Saxon chieftan Snot. After the invasion of 600 AD his people moved in, and "Snottingham" meant "the town of Snot's people".In the 11th century the invading William the Conqueror's Normans met fierce resistance from the Anglo-Saxons in Nottingham, and this led to a stalemate between two settlements: the "French Borough" where the Normans encamped on Castle Hill, and built Nottingham Castle in 1068, and the "English Borough" where the Anglo-Saxons lived in the nearby area now known as the Lace Market.The Norman's Nottingham Castle was an 11th century motte and bailey fortress. In the 12th century King Henry II ordered a stone Castle to be built to become his main Royal fortress in the Midlands. Those parts which still remain today include "Mortimer's Hole" (a passage leading down from the upper medieval bailey to the rocks beneath), the foundations of the "Black Tower" (King Richard Tower), and traces of the bailey wall with its two round towers and large gatehouse. After the Civil War the castle lost its position of importance, and that which was still standing would be destroyed in favour of building a 17th century mansion, whilst Nottingham went on to thrive during the Industrial Revolution.
Top left: A rather fanciful version of the castle from the 1938 Errol Flynn film The Adventures of Robin Hood. Top right: Nottingham Castle as seen in the early episodes of the Richard Greene 1950's Robin Hood television series. Bottom left: The Castle as depicted in the 1976 film Robin and Marian. Bottom right: Nottingham Castle in 2006.
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Thoresby Hall as photographed Summer 2009, now a successful Warners Hotel.
Robert Pierrepont (1584 - 1643), 1st Earl of Kingston upon Hull, bought Thoresby for his second son William.
Sydney William Herbert Pierrepont (1825 - 1900), 3rd Earl Manvers, built the present Thoresby Hall, St John's Church, Perlethorpe School, and generally shaped Thoresby Estate as it looks today.
The 4th Earl Manvers (Died 1926).
Countess Manvers (d.1984). Examples of her paintings are always on show at Thoresby Gallery.
ABOVE: The statue of Robin Hood in the courtyard at Thoresby Hall, by Tussaud - Birt, is showing its age, but remains one of my favourites. The Art Gallery, crafts shops, and restaurant within that courtyard are recommended.
ABOVE: One of the original gas lamps which illuminated the St John's Church Gates, Perlethorpe.
Carved oak fireplace in the Thoresby Hall library with its depiction of the Major Oak (Robin Hood's Tree), and the screen featuring the Cromwell family. Oliver Cromwell is known to have stayed in Thoresby Hall before the English Civil War.
The Green Bridge sited near the edge of the cricket pavilion in front of Thoresby Hall across which the Duke's carriage would take him to Perlethorpe Village.
Perlethorpe Environmental Education Centre, once the Perlethorpe Church of England Primary School.
Clumber Bridge stands near to William Castle (Budby Castle) which once housed the crew who sailed the Duke's boats on Thoresby Lake.
Beech Avenue, near Ollerton roundabout. Once a spectacular avenue of trees, now all but forgotten.
The view along Thoresby Lake towards Budby. Are these bricks at the water's edge remnants from the original Thoresby Hall?
The River Meden winds its way from 7 Ton Bridge near Thoresby Hall towards Perlethorpe Village.
Budby Castle, once known as William Castle, and the River Meden winding towards Thoresby Lake under the remains of Pierrepont Bridge, once described as classical and elegant.
Children's exercise book from the school, 1958.
Perlethorpe Church graveyard, where the original chapel once stood. The covered gate was a later addition in memorium to the men of Budby and Thoresby who fell in World War 1.
Robin Hood's Tree, the Major Oak, was once under the care and supervision of Thoresby Estate. Responsibility for its upkeep changed to Nottingham City Council c.1969. Here it is pictured in in Spring, Autumn, and Winter.
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