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Nottingham (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 52 58 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 52.9667 decimal degrees |
| Long: 001 10 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -1.1667 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located on the River Trent; occupied by Danes in the 9th century; English Civil War began here when Charles I raised standard in 1642; damaged by Cromwell's army in 1644 and in World War II; famous natives include authors Lord Byron and D. H. Lawrence, and legendary outlaw Robin Hood; noted for its lacemaking; its imposing castle, now a museum, is on a post-Conquest site. |
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| Nottingham (preferred,C,V,English-P,U)
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| Nottigham (NA,V,English,U)
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| נוטינגהם (C,U,Hebrew )
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| Snotingaham (H,V)
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| Snotingeham (H,V)
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............ | recorded in the Domesday Book in 1086 |
| Snotingham (H,V)
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............ | recorded in the Domesday Book in 1086 |
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Mercia (historical region) (P,H) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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occupied by Anglo-Saxons in the 6th century |
| city (C) |
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chartered in 1155 |
| county seat (C) |
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| industrial center (C) |
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| administrative center (H) |
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administrative headquarters of Nottinghamshire until 1998 |
| regional capital (C) |
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