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Nottinghamshire F-R

Farndon

Farendune: Bishop of Lincoln, formerly Countess Godiva.

Farnsfield

Farnesfeld / Franesfeld: King's land; Walter d'Aincourt.

Traces of a Roman camp nearby; birthplace of A.C. Gregory, who explored Australia in the 19th century.

Fenton

Fentone / tune: King's land; Roger de Bully, formerly Sparrowhawk.

Finningley

Feniglei: Gilbert Tison.

Fenland; manor owned by Sir Martin Frobisher, Elizabethan navigator.

Fiskerton

Fiscartune: Walter d'Aincourt. 2 mills, fishery.

On the River Trent; mill.

Flawborough

Flodberga / berge: Robert from Roger de Bully; Walter d'Aincourt and Mauger from him. Church, mill site.

Famed for the longevity of its inhabitants; church with a Norman doorway and font.

Fledborough

Fladeburg: Nigel from Bishop of Lincoln, formerly Countess Godiva. Church, mill.

A port in the 13th century and second Gretna Green in the 18th under Rector Sweetapple; church.

Flintham

Flint(e)ham: King's land; Roger and Ernwin the priest from Roger de Bully; Reginald from Walter d'Aincourt. Church.

13th century church. /

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Gamston (near Eaton)

Gamesletun(e): Roger de Bully; Roger de Poitou and Ketelbern, the pre-Conquest holder, from him. 2 mills, 2 gardens.

On the River Idle.

Gamston (in West Bridgford)

Gamelestune: William Peverel.

On the outskirts of West Bridgford.

Gedling

Ghellinge: Roger de Bully; Geoffrey Alselin. Church.

District on the outskirts of Carlton, Nottingham; church; Gedling Wood Farm.

Gibsmere

Gipesmare: Ralph FitzHubert.

Fenland.

Girton

Gretone: Bishop of Lincoln.

Gleadthorpe

Gletorp: Roger de Bully.

Gleadthorpe Grange; Gleadthorpe Breck Plantation; a few houses.

Gonalston

Gunnulfstone / Gunnuluestone / tune: William Peverel; Ralph de Limesy. 2 mills (with Milton).

On Dover Beck; 2 water mills in 1179. A mill towards Lowdham worked on child labour into the 19th century.

Gotham

Gatham: Count Robert from Count of Mortain; Saewin from the king.

Granby

Gran / Grenebi: Walter d'Aincourt; Robert d'Oilly from Osbern FitzRichard. 2 churches, 3 mills. 13th century church.

Grassthorpe

Grestorp: Roger from Roger de Bully. 3 mills.

On the River Trent.

Greasley

Griselea: Alric from William Peverel. Church.

Moorland. The church has a list of parish priests from 1254.

Grimston

Grimestone / tune: King's land.

Grimston Hill, overlooking Sherwood Forest.

Gringley on the Hill

Gringeleia: Roger from Roger de Bully. Church, fishery (1000 eels).

Hillside; views over Chesterfield Canal; church with a possibly Norman arch.

Grove

Grave: Robert from Roger de Bully. Church.

Church.

Gunthorpe

Gulne / Gunnetorp: Roger de Bully. 2 fisheries.

On the River Trent; once owned by Simon de Montfort.

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Harby

Herd(r)ebi: Bishop of Lincoln.

Queen Eleanor of Castile died here in 1290 on a visit to Sherwood Forest.

Harwell

Hereuuelle: Roger de Bully.

Harworth

Hareworde: Fulk from Roger de Bully. Church.

Colliery; church with Norman fragments and 2 sedilia.

Haughton

Hoctun: Roger de Poitou.

In Sherwood Forest; motte and bailey; home of Denzil Holles, Lord Mayor of London, and Speaker of the House of Commons in 1599.

Hawksworth

Hoches(u)uorde: Walter d'Aincourt; Gilbert de Ghent.

Fenland; site of a Wars of the Roses battlefield.

Hawton

Holtone / Houtune: Bishop of Lincoln; Walter d'Aincourt; Alfred from Ralph de Limesy. 2 churches, mill.

Earthworks; fine 14th century church.

Headon

Hedune: King's land; William from Roger de Bully.

Hempshill

Hamessel: William Peverel.

Hempshill Vale, part of Nottingham.

Hickling

(H)Echelinge / Hegelinge: Archbishop of York; Gilbert de Lacy. Mill.

On the Grantham Canal and River Smite.

High Marnham

Marneham: Fulk from Roger de Bully.

On the River Trent.

Hockerton

Hocretone / -tune / Ocretone: Archbishop of York; Roger de Bully; Walter d'Aincourt. Church.

Church with a Norman chancel, arch and window.

Hodsock

Odesach: Turold from Roger de Bully. 2 mills.

Ancient gatehouse and priory.

Holme Pierrepont

Holmo: Thorold from Roger de Bully. Mill.

Early 17th century Hall; Holme Pierrepont Country Park nearby.

Horsepool

Horspol:

Lost.

Hoveringham

Horingeham: Walter d'Aincourt. Church, 2 mills, 2 fisheries.

Farming; church with a Norman font.

Hucknall Torkard

Hochehale / enale: William Peverel; Osmund from Ralph de Buron.

Mining town; church with 8th century Saxon work. The Torkards were landowners in the 12th century. Lord Byron is buried here in the family vault.

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Inkersall

Wirchenefeld: Gilbert de Ghent.

Inkersall Farm and Inkersall Grange Farm in Sherwood Forest. Formerly Winkerfield.

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Kelham

Calun: Turold from Roger de Bully; Walter d'Aincourt; William from Ralph de Burson; Haldane from the king; William Tison.

19th century hall by Gilbert Scott; theological college.

Kersall

Cherueshale: Gilbert de Ghent.

Keyworth

Cau(u)orde: Alfred from Count of Mortain; Roger de Bully; William Peverel; Ralph FitzHubert.

Large; views of the Wolds.

Kilvington

Chelvinctune / Chelvintone / Chelvintun: Bishop of Lincoln; Ilbert de Lacy; Ansger from Hugh FitzBaldric.

Hilltop; fine views.

Kimberley

Chinemarel(e)ie: Grimketel from William Peverel.

Town near Nottingham, part owned in the 19th century by Viscount Melbourne.

Kingston on Soar

Chinestan: a freeman from Earl Hugh; Saewin from the king; Godric. Mill-site.

On Kingston Brook, near the River Soar. Home of Antony Babington, page and follower of Mary Queen of Scots, who was the figurehead in the plot to murder Queen Elizabeth in 1586. He was caught and executed, aged 25.

Kinoulton

Chineltone / tune: Walter d'Aincourt; Azor's son from the king.

On the Grantham Canal, fine views, cricket ground.

Kirkby in Ashfield

Chirchebi: Ralph FitzHubert; Aelfric, the pre-Conquest holder, from the king. Church, 2 mills.

Coal mining town in Sherwood Forest; church; source of 3 rivers; Erewash, Leen and Maun.

Kirklington

Cherlinton: Gilbert de Ghent; mill.

On the River Greet; millpool.

Kirton

Schidri(n)ctune / Schidrnton / tune / Schitrintone: King's land; Roger de Bully; Geoffrey Alselin.

Sherwood Forest.

Knapthorpe

Chena(pe)torp: Walter d'Aincourt; Geoffrey Alselin; Haldane from the king.

Kneesall

Cheneshale: Gilbert de Ghent.

Part of a Saxon cross in the church.

Kneeton

Cheniueton(e): King's land; Count Alan; Roger de Bully. ½ church, mill.

Hilltop. The church register dates from 1592.

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Lambley

Lambeleia: Haldane from the king. 2 mills.

On Lambley Dumble (a small gorge) and Cocker Beck; birthplace of Ralph, Lord Cromwell c.1394, High Treasurer of England.

Lamcote

Lambecotes / Lanbecote: Roger de Bully; Osmund from Ralph de Buron; Haldane from the king.

Lamcote Field near Radcliffe on Trent.

Laneham

Lanun: Archbishop of York. Church, mill.

2 villages, Laneham and Church Laneham which has a church with Norman features and a font.

Langar

Langare: William Peverel; Walter d'Aincourt. 2 mills, ½ church.

In Belvoir Vale; church called the 'cathedral of the Vale'.

Langford

Landeforde: Ranulf from Geoffrey de La Guerche. Church, 2 mills, fishery.

Church; Tudor manor house.

Leake

Lec(c)he: Count of Mortain; Ernulf from Roger de Bully; Henry de Ferrers. Church. Mill.

Now 2 villages, East and West Leake. Church with Norman or Saxon masonry, and a tin trumpet 8ft long, used until 1855 to make 'a joyful noise'.

Lenton

Lentone / tune: King's land; William Peverel. 2 mills.

District in central Nottingham; White Hart Inn contains of remnants of old Peverel Jail founded in 1113 for debtors.

Leverton

Cledretone / Legretone: 22 freemen from the king; Roger de Bully; Count Alan; 2 men-at-arms from Archbishop of York. ½ church.

Now 2 villages, North and South Leverton.

Linby

Lidebi: William Peverel. Mill.

Mining; stream and converted Castle Mill with water wheel. Stone crosses nearby are thought to mark the ancient boundaries of Sherwood Forest.

Littleborough

Litelburg: King's land.

On the River Trent; remnants of a Roman ford; the smallest Norman church in the county.

Little Gringley

Grenelei(g) / Grenleige: King's land; Archbishop of York.

Lound

Lund: Archbishop of York; Roger de Bully.

Lowdham

Lud(e)ham: Archbishop of York; Roger de Bully. Mill.

Near Dover Beck and Broughton Hall.

Low Marnham

Alia Marneham: Roger de Bully. Mill, fishery.

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Mansfield

Mamesfeld / Memmesfed: King's land. Mill, fishery, 2 churches.

Important industrial town with cliff cave dwellings at Rock Hill. It was the home of the Mercian Kings and a royal hunting resort in Sherwood Forest; Norman church.

Manton

Mennetune: William Peverel.

Part of Worksop.

Maplebeck

Mapelbec / berg: King's land; Gilbert de Ghent.

Smallest pub in Nottinghamshire.

Markham Clinton

Westmarcham: Roger de Bully from Claron and 6 Frenchmen from him.

Church with Saxon masonry (mud floors until 1949); formerly West or Little Markham.

Martin

Martune: Roger de Bully.

Martin Grange; ancient moat; Martin Common Farm.

Mattersey

Madressei: King's land; Roger de Bully.

Old bridge; remains of Mattersey Priory, a small Gilbertine monastery founded in 1185.

Meering

Meringe: King's land.

Between Sutton on Trent and Carlton on Trent.

Milton

Miletune: William Peverel. 2 mills (with Milton).

On the River Maun.

Misson

Misna / ne: Roger de Bully; Ernwin from the king.

Misterton

Ministrone: King's land; Roger de Bully. Church.

Straggling; fenland; church.

Morton (in Babworth)

Mortune: King's land.

Morton (in Fiskerton)

Mortun(e): Walter d'Aincourt; Ralph FitzHubert.

Old dovecote.

Morton (in Lenton)

Mortune: William Peverel.

Part of central Nottingham.

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Newark

Newerc(h)e: Bishop of Lincoln, formerly Countess Godiva. 10 churches, mill, fishery.

Important market town on a Roman road, called 'the Key of the North' in Anglo-Saxon times.

Newbold

Neubold:

Lost.

Newbound

Neubold: William Peverel.

Newbound Farm; Newbound Cottage; Newbound Lane.

Newthorpe

Neutorp: Count of Mortain; William Peverel.

Part of Eastwood.

Newton

Neutone / Niuuetune: Roger de Bully; Geoffrey Alselin.

RAF station.

Normanton

Normantun / menton: Gilbert de Ghent.

Hall opposite Southwell on the River Greet.

Normanton by Clumber

Normentone: King's land.

In Sherwood Forest.

Normanton on Soar

Normanton(e) / tune: Earl Hugh; Roger de Bully; Haldane from Count of Mortain; Raven from the king.

On the River Soar.

Normanton on Trent

Normentone / tune: Bishop of Lincoln; Roger from Roger de Bully.

Normanton on the Wolds

Normantone / tun: Roger de Bully; William Peverel.

North Muskham

Nordmuscham: Peterborough Abbey; Geoffrey Alselin; Bishop of York; Siward, the pre-Conquest holder, from the king. 2 churches, 6 mills.

Church with Norman fragments.

Norwell

Nortwelle: Archbishop of York. Church, mill, fishery.

Church with a Norman doorway and coffin stone; old moat; Watermill Farm. Previously Northwell.

Nottingham

Snoting(e)ham / quin: King's land; Hugh FitzBaldric; the Sheriff; Roger de Bully; William Peverel; Ralph de Buron; Wulfbert; Ralph FitzHubert; Geoffrey Alselin; Richard Frail. Church.

Thriving, modern county town, traditionally renowned for its lace. Its imposing castle, now a museum, is on a post-Conquest site.

Nuthall

Nutehale: William Peverel; Aelfric from the king.

Small town north of Nottingham.

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'Odsthorpe'

Odestorp:

Lost.

Ollerton

Alretun: Roger de Bully. Mill.

Coal mining town; old mill; Ollerton Hall.

Ompton

Almentun(e) / Almuntone: King's land; Geoffrey Alselin.

Ordsall

Ordeshale: Roger de Bully; Ernwy from the king.

Part of East Retford. During the Commonwealth the vicar was turned out for playing cards with his wife.

Orston

Oschintone: King's land. Church.

Church with Norman transitional font. A hoard of Civil War coins was discovered nearby in 1952.

Osberton

Osbermestune: Swein and Wulfgate from the king. Church.

Osberton Hall built by Wyatt in 1806 has a church in its grounds.

Osmanthorpe

Osuuitorp: Archbishop of York.

Osmanthorpe Manor.

Ossington

Oschintone: Ralph de Buron.

Secluded; seat of the Denison family since 1768; hall demolished in 1963.

Owthorpe

Obetorp / Oretorp: William from Roger de Bully; Geoffrey Alselin; Durand Malet.

Home of John Hutchinson, Puritan Governor of Nottingham and signatory to Charles I's death warrant. He died in prison after the Restoration, and is buried in the churchyard. The gardens of his Hall remain.

Oxton

Ostone / tune: Archbishop of York; Roger de Bully; Walter d'Aincourt. Mill.

In Sherwood Forest. Robert and Marie Scothorn sailed from here to America in 1684 to join William Penn.

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Papplewick

Papleuuic: William Peverel.

Cave, said to be Robin Hood's stable. Papplewick Hall, designed by the Adams brothers, was owned by John Walter, proprietor of The Times. The first English steam-powered mill was built here in 1785.

Perlethorpe

Torp: King's land; Richard from Roger de Bully.

Plumtree

Pluntre: Roger de Bully; church.

Church with 9th century Saxon work, and a Norman arch.

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Radcliffe on Trent

Radeclive: Fredegis and Wulfegat from William Peverel; Walter d'Aincourt. ½ fishery, 1/3 fishery.

Town opposite Nottingham on the River Trent. Henry VII heard mass here before leading his army to defeat his enemies at East Stoke in 1487.

Radford

Redeford: William Peverel; Wulfnoth from the king. 4 mills, ½ fishery.

Part of central Nottingham. The River Leen runs, partly underground, through it.

Ragnall

Ragenehil: King's land.

Near the River Trent; ponds.

Rampton

Rametone: Roger de Bully. Church, 3½ fisheries.

Church with possible Saxon features and a Norman font.

Ranby

Rane(s)bi: King's land; Roger de Bully.

In Sherwood Forest; Ranby House.

Ranskill

Raveschel: Archbishop of York.

On the Great North Road.

Ratcliffe on Soar

Radeclive: Saewin from the king. Church, mill.

Church with a 12th century tower; old manor house, now a farm.

Rayton

Reneton / Rouuetone: King's land.

Rayton Farm and Rayton Angle Wood, on the outskirts of Worksop.

Rempstone

Rampestone / Rampestune / Repestone: Roger de Bully; William Peverel; Ralph de Buron.

Retford

Redford(e): Archbishop of York; Roger de Bully. Mill, ¼ mill.

Market town of East and West Retford, divided by the River Idle.

Rolleston

Roldestun / Rollestone / Rollestune: Archbishop of York; Bishop of York; Bishop of Bayeux; Walter d'Aincourt. Mill, church.

On the River Greet; church with Saxon masonry and fragments of a Saxon cross; manorial earthworks; racecourse.

Roolton

Rolvetune:

Lost.

Ruddington

Roddington(e) / Rodintone / Rodintun: Count Alan; Roger de Bully; Gilbert de Ghent; Robert Malet.

Small town on the outskirts of Nottingham. Henry VII's army camped here before the battle of East Stoke in 1487.

Rufford

Rugforde: Gilbert de Ghent.

Ruined Abbey founded in 1148 by Gilbert de Ghent; Elizabethan manor, now a country park.

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