The Nottinghamshire Archives holds the archives for the county of Nottinghamshire. The archives are held at Castle Meadow Road, Nottingham, and run by Nottinghamshire County Council.
Collections The collections held by Nottinghamshire Archives are organised as follows: SeriesTitleNotesCCourt records15th – 20th centuriesDD, MDeposited documents12th – 20th centuriesDCDistrict and Borough Council recordsMostly 1894 – 1974EAEnclosure awards18th – 19th centuries—Maps and plans16th – 20th centuriesNCNon-conformist records17th – 20th centuriesCANottingham City Council records12th – 20th centuriesCCNottinghamshire County Council records1889 – 1974OSOrdnance Survey mapsc. 1830 – c. 1940PaCParish Council records1894 onwardsPRParish records16th – 20th centuriesX/PRPrints and illustrations17th – 20th centuriesPProbate records16th – 20th centuriesSSchool records19th – 20th centuries (some earlier)SOSemi-official records16th – 20th centuriesSCSouthwell Chapter records12th – 19th centuriesDRSouthwell Diocesan recordsMostly from 1884ATTithe awards1836 – c. 1850 Source: "Archives: Collections and Catalogues", Nottingham County Council. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
Archivists
In 1939, Nottingham Corporation appointed Violet Walker the first City Archivist; she had been appointed a librarian at Radford in 1926, before moving to Nottingham Reference Library in 1928, where she became librarian in 1936 and oversaw the re-cataloguing of its stock using the Dewey decimal system. While City Archivist, Walker's translation of the Newstead Cartulary was published. She retired in 1966 and her assistant of two years, Adrian Henstock, took over the post."City tribute to retiring archivist", Nottingham Guardian Journal, 19 July 1966, p. 5 When the City and County Archives merged in 1974, Henstock became Principal Archivist and served in that post until he retired in 2003.Newsletter (Friends of Nottinghamshire Archives), no. 3 (June 2013), p. 2. Retrieved 6 January 2016."CC/CL/A/5/1/6", Nottinghamshire Archives Worldwide Catalogue (Nottinghamshire County Council). Retrieved 6 January 2017. Mark Dorrington succeeded him, and remained in the post for 10 years, before becoming Keeper of Manuscripts and Special Collections, University of Nottingham in 2013."Mark Dorrington arrives as new Keeper", Manuscripts and Special Collections (University of Nottingham), 22 November 2013. Retrieved 6 January 2017. Ruth Imeson replaced him at the Archives as Team Manager, Archives and Local Studies, Nottinghamshire County Council, at the start of 2014.Newsletter (Friends of Nottinghamshire Archives), no. 5 (January 2014), p. 4. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
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