There is evidence to suggest that the first settlements in Nottingham date as far back as pre-Roman times as well as suggesting the possibility that the Romans also lived in the area.
Around 600 AD the site of Nottingham was part of the Kingdom of Mercia. At this time it was known in the Brythonic language as “Tig Guocobauc” which translates as “a place of cave dwelling”. When the Saxons came into power, it became known as “Snotingaham” after the Chieftain of the Saxons called Snot. This translated literally as “the homestead of Snot’s people”. Snot brought his people together in the area where the historic Lace Market in the City is now found.
867 Nottingham was captured by the Danish Vikins and went on to become  one of the  5 Burghs – or fortified towns – of The Danelaw
874 Following the Danish invasion a treaty of peace had been concluded until  in the  spring of this year the Danish returned in more numbers and  conquered Mercia  and went on to occupy the 5 boroughs of Nottingham,  Lincoln, Stamford, Derby  and Leicester. They remained here until they  were driven away by Edward the  Elder and his sister Aethelflaed. 
919 Edward began to capture Nottingham.
921 Edward built a fortress on the southern bank of the Trent and built a bridge  to connect it to the town.
 William eventually r4eached Nottingham and as was his trademark  immediately  began to consolidate his power by building a castle there.

1155 King Henry II insisted that all the castle be surrendered into his hands and  therefore he took possession of the castle in this year

 A royal charter was granted to the burgesses – a charter was a document  which granted the townspeople certain rights
 
 A hospital for the poor men, which Pope Lucuius III protected, was  established by the Palmers of Nottingham

Guilds began to form by the commercial bodies.

1199/ King John upon his succession to the thr0one visited Nottingham twice
1202

1229 Henry III held his court at Notthingham and granted the town a short  charter in this year and then supplemented it with another in 1255 and t hen a third in 1272. This showed his abiding intered in the affairs of the  thriving Midland town

1250 Henry III founded a house in Broadmarsh for the Gray Friars

1276 Reginald, Lord Grey of Wilton and Sir John Shirley, Knight are said to  have been instrumental in the introduction of the Carmelite or White Friars  who were locared between Moothall Gate and St James’s Lane in the  parish of St Nicholas

1284 The town gained its first Mayor

1336 A Parliament was held where subsidies were granted to carry on the war  which was taking place in Scotland and on the Continent

1397 The castle was made the place of a State council when the Duke of  Gloucester and the Earls of Arundel and Warwick were impeached for  high treason

1449 The town gained its first Sherriff

1464 Edward IV and Warwick, the King-Maker passed through the town on their  way to repel Queen Margaret’s incursions

1471 Edward, after his flight and parting company with Warwick, returned to the  town on March 23 and was joined there by a compact body of 600 men-at- arms under Sir Kames Harrington and Sir W Parr.

1486 Henry VII visisted Nottingham in his progress through the kingdom and  was met by the mayor of the town and his brethren, in scarlet gowns and  on horseback., a mile outside the town

1504 King Henry VII visitied Nottingham again

1505 A new charter was granted to the boroughs

1513 A grammar school was founded

1588 Wollaton Hall was built by Robert Smythson

1651 Following the war it was ordered, by Parliament, that the castle should be  destroyed

1674 The site where the castle once stood was bought by the Duke of  Newcastle who went on to build a mansion there between 1674-1679.

1760s Oil lamps lit the streets
The first theatre was built

1782 A genereal hospital was built

1809 Lace-making machine was introduced

1819 Oil street lights were replaced with Gas ones

1821 The population had risen to approximately 40,505

1831 On October 8 of this year it was announced that the Lords had thrown out  Lord Grey’s measure and on the following Monday a mob, having already  ransacked Colwick Hall headed for the castle and in a short space of time  It was up in flames and by the next day only blackened walls remained.

The house of Lords rejected the Great Reform Bill which was intended to  increase the number of people who could vote for MP’s. Riots broke out  following this as the people of Nottingham were so angry. The Duke of  Newcastle opposed reform so the townspeople burned down his  residence. It remained in a ruined state for 44 years before it was take  over by the town council who rebuilt it as a museum and art gallery

1833 There was an outbreak of cholera which killed 330 people

1835 Nottinghams first propler Police force was established

1839 The railway reached Nottingham

1846 A new prison was built

1849 Nottingham is home to the headquarters of many well-known companies.  One of the best known is Boots the Chemist, founded in the city by Jesse  Boot, 1st Lord Trent

1862 Nottingham County Football Club was founded
1865 Notthingham Forest was founded
1868 The first public library opened
1877 Players cigarettes were founded by John Player
1878 Nottingham Castle museum was opened
1881 University College was founded
1887 Bicycles began to be made in Raleigh Street by a man named Frank  Bowden. He named his company after the street and by 1910 they were  making 50,000 bicycles a year.

1889 Nottingham became a county borough under the Local Govenrment Act  1888

1897 Nottingham was made a city

1901 Electric trams began running in the city and the last ones ran in 1936

1922/ A dual carriageway was built around the city
1932

1928 Nottingham received its first Lord Mayor

1929 A new council house was opened

1948 Nottingham University was founded

1952 A Robin Hood statue, created by James Woodford, was erected by the  castle.

1958 A new Clifton Bridge was built

1963 The Playhouse Theatre opened

1970 The Queens Medical Centre was built

1972 Victoria bus station was built
 Broad Marsh shopping centre was built

1973 The National Water Sports Centre opened

1975 Victoria shopping centre opened
1979 Stonebridge City Farm opened
2004  A network of trams opened in Nottingham.
Today the population of Nottingham is 266,000.

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