Nottinghamshire Archives

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The Nottinghamshire Archives holds the archives for the county of Nottinghamshire. The archives are held at Castle Meadow Road, Nottingham, and run by Nottinghamshire County Council.[1]

Collections[edit]

The collections held by Nottinghamshire Archives are organised as follows:

Series Title Notes
C Court records 15th – 20th centuries
DD, M Deposited documents 12th – 20th centuries
DC District and Borough Council records Mostly 1894 – 1974
EA Enclosure awards 18th – 19th centuries
Maps and plans 16th – 20th centuries
NC Non-conformist records 17th – 20th centuries
CA Nottingham City Council records 12th – 20th centuries
CC Nottinghamshire County Council records 1889 – 1974
OS Ordnance Survey maps c. 1830 – c. 1940
PaC Parish Council records 1894 onwards
PR Parish records 16th – 20th centuries
X/PR Prints and illustrations 17th – 20th centuries
P Probate records 16th – 20th centuries
S School records 19th – 20th centuries (some earlier)
SO Semi-official records 16th – 20th centuries
SC Southwell Chapter records 12th – 19th centuries
DR Southwell Diocesan records Mostly from 1884
AT Tithe awards 1836 – c. 1850

Source: "Archives: Collections and Catalogues", Nottingham County Council. Retrieved 18 September 2016.

Archivists[edit]

Nottinghamshire Archives

In 1939, Nottingham Corporation appointed Violet Walker the first City Archivist; she had been appointed a librarian at Radford in 1926, before moving to Nottingham Reference Library in 1928, where she became librarian in 1936 and oversaw the re-cataloguing of its stock using the Dewey decimal system. While City Archivist, Walker's translation of the Newstead Cartulary was published. She retired in 1966 and her assistant of two years, Adrian Henstock, took over the post.[2] When the City and County Archives merged in 1974, Henstock became Principal Archivist and served in that post until he retired in 2003.[3][4] Mark Dorrington succeeded him,[4] and remained in the post for 10 years, before becoming Keeper of Manuscripts and Special Collections, University of Nottingham in 2013.[5] Ruth Imeson replaced him at the Archives as Team Manager, Archives and Local Studies, Nottinghamshire County Council, at the start of 2014.[6]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Visiting the Archives | Inspire - Culture, Learning, Libraries". www.inspireculture.org.uk.
  2. ^ "City tribute to retiring archivist", Nottingham Guardian Journal, 19 July 1966, p. 5
  3. ^ Newsletter (Friends of Nottinghamshire Archives), no. 3 (June 2013), p. 2. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
  4. ^ a b "CC/CL/A/5/1/6", Nottinghamshire Archives Worldwide Catalogue (Nottinghamshire County Council). Retrieved 6 January 2017.
  5. ^ "Mark Dorrington arrives as new Keeper", Manuscripts and Special Collections (University of Nottingham), 22 November 2013. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
  6. ^ Newsletter (Friends of Nottinghamshire Archives), no. 5 (January 2014), p. 4. Retrieved 6 January 2016.

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