Excerpt from History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Nottinghamshire, and the Town and County of the Town of Nottingham: Comprising, Under a Lucid Arrangement of Subjects, a General Survey of the County, and Separate Historical, Statistical, and Topographical Descriptions of Sherwood Forest, and Every Town, Parish, Township, Village, Hamlet, and Manor IN this first attempt to present to the public a popular History and Topography of Nottinghamshire, with a Directory of its Inhabitants, the Author has to acknowledge his unbounded gratitude to the literary and official gentlemen of the county, forthe valuable and interesting communications with which they have furnished him, in answer to his multifarious enquiries -and also to the numerous Subscribers who have favoured him with their support to such a liberal extent that their orders amount to upwards of 300 copies more than the number printed. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.