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Nottingham
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Newark-on-Trent
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Newark-on-Trent is a small market town in East Nottinghamshire; the Rivers Trent and Devon flow through the town. Newark’s position on the Trent, as well as at the junction of the Roman Fosse Way and Great North Road, brought great prosperity to the town over the years.
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Worksop
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Worksop is a medium-sized town on the northern fringes of Sherwood Forest in Nottinghamshire, and stands on the River Ryton. The origins of the town are believed to be Anglo-Saxon: ‘Werchesope’ appeared in the Domesday Book of 1086. In later years Worksop relied heavily on the coal mining industry, but sadly the mines are now no more.
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Mansfield
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Mansfield is the largest town in Nottinghamshire, Nottingham being the largest city. Traditionally Mansfield had a thriving coal mining industry; D.H. Lawrence once described it as “a once romantic, now utterly disheartening, colliery town”.
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Southwell
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Southwell is a small town on the River Greet, to the west of Newark-on-Trent. It has remained largely unaffected by the passage of time, and has several interesting old buildings, the most famous of which is Southwell Minster.
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Retford
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Retford is a medium-sized market town in the north eastern corner of Nottinghamshire. Some historians believe that the town’s name derived from its role as a fording point of the River Idle, whose waters ran red from the iron-rich clay in the area.
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