Nottinghamshire

American  

[not-ing-uhm-sheer, -sher, -ham-] / ˈnɒt ɪŋ əmˌʃɪər, -ʃər, -hæm- /

Also Notts

noun

1. a county in central England. 854 sq. mi. (2,210 sq. km).

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Nottinghamshire British  

/ -ˈnɒtɪŋəmˌʃɪə, -ʃə /

noun

1. Notts. an inland county of central England: generally low-lying, with part of the S Pennines and the remnant of Sherwood Forest in the east. Nottingham became an independent unitary authority in 1998. Administrative centre: Nottingham. Pop (excluding Nottingham): 755 400 (2003 est). Area (excluding Nottingham): 2086 sq km (805 sq miles)

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Nottinghamshire

Uncapped Nottinghamshire left-arm spinner Liam Patterson-White is called up for the first time, at the expense of Shoaib Bashir.

From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2026

Danni Gillam-Kirton, an assistant headteacher from Nottinghamshire, lost her parents Pete and Fran in the fire.

From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026

But the government is seeking "legal clarity" in the remaining nine areas, which are: Derbyshire, Devon, Hertfordshire, Kent, Lancashire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire, and Staffordshire.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

Just two weeks after the dummies arrived at his home in Mansfield Woodhouse, in Nottinghamshire, the 15-year-old found himself performing CPR on a man he found collapsed in the street.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

She was married in 1254, in her fifteenth year, and died at Harby or Hardeby, Nottinghamshire, on November 20th, 1290, when on her way to join the king in Scotland.

From Old Church Lore by William Andrews

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