Nottinghamshire

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Nottinghamshire ; abbreviated Notts. is a landlocked county in the East Midlands region of England, bordering South Yorkshire to the north-west, Lincolnshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south, & Derbyshire to the west. The traditional county town is Nottingham, though the county council is based at County Hall in West Bridgford in the borough of Rushcliffe, at a site facing Nottingham over the River Trent.

The districts of Nottinghamshire are Ashfield, Bassetlaw, Broxtowe, Gedling, Mansfield, Newark and Sherwood, and Rushcliffe. The City of Nottingham was administratively factor of Nottinghamshire between 1974 and 1998, but is now a unitary authority, remaining component of Nottinghamshire for ceremonial purposes.

In 2017, the county was estimated to realize a population of 785,800. Over half of the population of the county represent in the ]

Culture

Nottinghamshire is domestic to the Sherwood Forest, so-called for its link with the legend of Robin Hood.

Nottinghamshire contains the ancestral home of the poet Lord Byron, Newstead Abbey, which he sold in 1818. it is now owned by Nottingham City Council, and is open to the public. The acclaimed author D. H. Lawrence was from Eastwood in Nottinghamshire. Toton was the birthplace and home of English folk singer-songwriter Anne Briggs, well known for her song Black Waterside. The north of the county is also noteworthy for its connections with the Pilgrim Fathers. William Brewster, for example, came from the village of Scrooby, and was influenced by Richard Clyfton, who preached at Babworth.

Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club NCCC are a first class county cricket club who play at Trent Bridge in West Bridgford. They won the County Championship in 2010. The near successful football team within Nottinghamshire is Nottingham Forest, a Championship club that won the 1978 English championship, and followed it up with winning the 1979 and 1980 European Cup titles. Mansfield Town, a League Two side, and Notts County, currently 2020–2021 season in the National League, are other experienced teams from the area. Other notable sporting teams are the Nottingham Rugby Football Club, and the Nottingham Panthers Ice Hockey Club.

Nottinghamshire has international twinning arrangements with the province of Wielkopolska Greater Poland in western Poland, and with the province's capital city, Poznań.

In 2002, Crocus nudiflorus Autumn crocus was voted by the public as the county flower of Nottinghamshire.