Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
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NottinghamImmortalised by the world famous chronicles of Robyn (Robin) Hood, Nottingham was originally a settlement peopled by the followers of a Dane called Snot, which later on (like Derby, Leicester, Lincoln and Stamford) became a Danish burgh.Throughout history, Nottingham has been the stage for different schools and art movements, one of them being the Nottingham alabasters. From 1350 to 1530 the city was the home for this school of alabaster carvers which specialised in delicately detailed Bible scenes. Unfortunatelly, from all these impressive pieces of art, only a few survived the cold and the systematic destruction of the Reformation but some of them can be seen in exhibition at the Castle Museum. Apart from a subterranean passage, known as Mortimer's Hole, which goes from the castle to the Brewhouse Yard, the original Norman castle did not survive the fires and the constant reformation it suffered throughout its many centuries. Now the buildings have been converted into a museum and art galleries and house a superb collection of Bronze Age, Roman and Greek antiques. There are also Nottingham alabasters, 3000 ceramic pieces, jewllery, glass and an impressive display of paintings from Italy, Holland, France of different periods. The history of the city, from prehistory to 1990, is also currently being displayed. From Nottingham there are a few excursions available, the most popular of them is the one that goes to Sherwood Forest. About 19 miles (30km) towards the north, the forest (once one of the 65 Royal Forest that covered much of England) served as the home for the one of the best known folk-tale characters in the world - Robyn Hood. A mile north of Edwinstone, where the supposed marriage of Robyn Hood and Maid Marion took place, is the Sherwood Forest Visitor Centre.
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