NOTTINGHAMSHIRE. 
ro e town of 
» and after a circuitous 
rakelow, at alte place it runs 
ds 8, and thence 
t commences 
in the river Trent, and proceeds to the "Cromford canal, 
near Langley-brid e, clofe to the termination of the Erw 
canal ; anc it is alfo conneGed with the Grand Trunk canal. 
was ce export of spe are ais and of coals from the 
various mines in its vicinity. - Idle aes a is more 
properly a river este ion tha cut. mmences at 
Bawtry, and runs nearly due eatt for ten males oie the nor- 
thern verge of die county. In one part 
of its courfe it is 
mi 
flows in a 
Bifhop, till its jun€tion with the Trent. The proprietors of 
the Grand Trunk canal, having been at confiderable expence 
in deepening the river near the entrance of this alg are 
ae to ae yale tolls on _ goods paffing from it to 
ottingha well- Bithop 2 = eee 
off from the creas canal oS ie town of Bin 
Forefts—In this sere is the foreft of Shertoake which 
in ancient times was of confiderable celebrity, particularly 
as the - ene of ie exploits of Robin Hood, &c. S$ 
SHERW 
Cae and Manufa@ures—The malting bufinefs is 
carried on here to a great extent, efpecially at Nottingham, 
Newark, and Mansfield. A great deal of malt is fent by 
the Trent and by the canals into Derby thire, Chefhire, and 
Lancafhire. k are great breweries, which rival 
ofe of n-upon-T rent. e ing trade may b 
fot mali however, as the flaple of the county. The we RN 
h 
At Nottingham are feveral filk-mills, 
alfo an extenfive manufacture of thread lace and Britifh lace ; 
though, unfortunately, this laft branch of trade, well as 
the ftoc cking manufacture, has fuffered much b e late 
agree in this county. Mansfield is see eC fons its 
and at ca in-Afhfield are confiderable 
soe of pees red ware. A ftarch manufactory is now 
carried on at pton, near - Southwe ll; a fail-cloth manu- 
factory has been ie in a flourifhing condition at Retford ; 
and the dyeing and bleaching trade has been attempted, with 
confiderable fuccefs, at Nottingham and at Newark. The 
exports of the county confift of ey articles of its produce 
or manufacture ; and its chief al ge are eee flax, 
hemp, i cotton, wool, and yarn 7 ral, all 
fuch stiles as are not found or manufactured: within its 
bounda 
Civil a ecelefafiical Divifions and Government.—Notting- 
hamfhire is politically divided into fix hundreds, or wapen- 
takes, which include eleven gircseseng and 160 parifhes. 
e towns are Nottingham s Mansfield, Bing- 
ham, Workfop ” Taxford, Ollerton,  Rat-Retford d, Bawtry, 
Blythe, and Satie Il, accounts oF which will ie found 
under their refpective names. 
Cc ere 
England. The only Britith camp is that at yen about 
four miles fouth-weft of Nottingham; but at there 
are three large tumuli, one of which was opened e in late 
major Rooke, and found to by aa an iron urn, filled with 
afhes and burnt bones, a large {word with a wooden {cab- 
bard, two daggers, and a great var ne of glafs beads. On 
the fammit of the hills, called Robin Hood’s hills, is a vies 
bee 
antiquity. Roman remains are more request than Britihh ; 
d no doubt that people had many ftations a this 
unty, of whic 
c the pri ar 
Willoughby, Margidunum near m, d gece cum 
at Littleborough. Crocolana was fituated 0 on ae verge of 
the fete partly within it and partly in Lincolnfhire. 
wo aia mentioned ftations were fituated on the Fofle- 
» whi 
the ean fee? from London to York. This road may be 
eafily traced for many miles along the wolds, ae is literally 
a foffe. In the forefts are many veftiges of military roads, 
which run invariably in a north-weft dire€tion, and have ex- 
ploratory camps fituated, - Lipines clofe to them n 
Holly-hill, near Arnold, forefl, en 
ery large encampment, pei to have been the central 
depdt of the forces in this dift 8, from its 
d 
ennis of An Some 
notices of the caves in che aay of that town will be found 
under 
