Qualla: Nottinghamshire https://qualla.com/nottinghamshire en-us © 2026 Bendyline Wed, 08 Jul 2026 02:40:15 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: Nottinghamshire https://qualla.com/nottinghamshire Nottinghamshire: Introduction https://qualla.com/nottinghamshire/ Three things made Nottinghamshire what it is. The first is a river, the Trent, which crosses the county from south-west to north-east and gives it a wide central valley. The second is a forest - or what is left of one - the great medieval royal hunting ground of Sherwood, which once covered much of the centre of the county and now survives as patches of oak woodland that still feel ancient when you walk into them. The third is coal, which lay in seams nearly 900 metres thick beneath the northern parishes and which built and emptied a hundred mining villages over two centuries.

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]]> Wed, 27 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/r/q/nottinghamshire-wp/gcrq-nottinghamshire-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Nottinghamshire: Mercia and the Confessor's Land https://qualla.com/nottinghamshire/ The Fosse Way, the great Roman road from Exeter to Lincoln, runs along the eastern edge of the county. There were Roman settlements at Mansfield and a fort at Broxtowe near modern Nottingham. After the legions left the area was settled by Angles in the 5th century and became part...

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]]> Wed, 27 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/r/q/nottinghamshire-wp/gcrq-nottinghamshire-lace-coal-and-the-knitting-frame.mp3 0:06 4 full Nottinghamshire: Houses, Hills, and a County Flag https://qualla.com/nottinghamshire/ In the north of the county sits the Dukeries, four contiguous ducal estates - Clumber, Welbeck, Worksop Manor, Thoresby - that gave a long stretch of countryside its character. Welbeck Abbey and the Harley Gallery are still open to visitors. Clumber Park, owned by the National Tr...

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