Counties of the UK: Nottinghamshire

 
 

This is the next instalment of my monthly feature going through the Counties of the UK in alphabetical order to check out things of interest.  I hope you enjoy it

 

Location – in the East Midlands

 

 

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County seat – Nottingham

 

Unusual village name - Bunny

 

 

Flower – Autumn Crocus

 

Signature foods – Mushy peas with mint sauce, Cock-on-a-Stick, Shropshire Blue Cheese, HP Sauce, Bramley Apples

 

Famous places to visit – Sherwood Forest, Ancestral Home of Lord Byron (Newstead Abbey), Nottingham Castle, Woolaton Hall

 

 

Famous people from Nottinghamshire – Robin Hood,

D.H. Lawrence, Samuel Butler (author of Erewhon), Su Pollard (Hi-di-HI), Torvill and Dean

 

Go to this Pinboard to see the Counties of the UK