Nottinghamshire

Nottinghamshire is a county in the East Midlands location of England, bordering South Yorkshire to the north-west, Lincolnshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south, and Derbyshire to the west. The traditional county metropolis is Nottingham, though the county council is based in West Bridgford within the borough of Rushcliffe, at a domain facing Nottingham over the River Trent. The districts of Nottinghamshire are Ashfield, Bassetlaw, Broxtowe, Gedling, Mansfield, Newark and Sherwood, and Rushcliffe.

The City of Nottingham changed into administratively a part of Nottinghamshire among 1974 and 1988, however is now a unitary authority, closing part of Nottinghamshire for ceremonial functions. In 2017, the county turned into expected to have a population of 785,800. Over 1/2 of the populace of the county stay within the Greater Nottingham conurbation. The conurbation has a populace of approximately 650,000, even though less than 1/2 stay inside the metropolis boundaries. Nottinghamshire lies at the Roman Fosse Way, and there are Roman settlements in the county; for instance at Mansfield, and forts which includes on the Broxtowe Estate in Bilborough.

The county become settled by way of Angles across the fifth century, and became a part of the Kingdom, and later Earldom, of Mercia. However, there's evidence of Saxon settlement at the Broxtowe Estate, Oxton, close to Nottingham, and Tuxford, east of Sherwood Forest. The name first happens in 1016, however until 1568, the county turned into administratively united with Derbyshire, under a single Sheriff. In Norman times, the county developed malting and woollen industries.