Nottingham Leasing

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Nottingham however is most famous for its involvement with the legend of Robin Hood and home to Sherwood Forrest.

The Nottingham Inclosure Act of 1845 made it illegal for people to rent out caves in Nottingham. The law is still in force.

Nottingham is a city in central Midlands region. It’s known for its role in the Robin Hood legend and for the hilltop Nottingham Castle Museum and Art Gallery, rebuilt many times since the medieval times. In the Lace Market area, once the centre of the world’s lace industry, the Galleries of Justice Museum has crime-related exhibits.

Wollaton Hall was used as the setting for Wayne Manor in the 2012 Batman film, The Dark Knight Rises.

Many celebrities and well-known personalities have a long association with Nottingham – the Boot family, founders of Boots the Chemists pharmacy chain, musician Jake Bugg, Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson, poet Lord Byron, fashion designer, Sir Paul Smith, Deep Purple drummer Ian Paice, and HP Sauce inventor, Frederick Gibson Garton are just a few of the famous locals.

Every single Bramley apple is descended from the same tree in a Nottingham garden. Bramley apples are so popular in Japan that in 2012 a group of Japanese tourists flew to the UK specifically to visit that tree.

One of the most unusual facts about Nottingham is where its name comes from. Around 600AD, the town was under the control of an Anglo-Saxon tribe called the Snotingas, where the chief was called ‘Snot’, meaning caves. They called the town ‘Snotengaham’, or literally ‘the homestead of Snot’s people’. Over the years, the city’s name was gradually modified until it became known as Nottingham around the 12th century.

Nottingham is home to the deepest-toned bell in Britain called ‘Little John.’ The 10.5 tonne bell sounds out every 15 minutes and it’s reportedly the loudest clock bell in the country, with its strike heard up to seven miles away.