Transactions of the Thoroton Society of Nottinghamshire, Volume 121 (2017)

CONTENTS

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Notes on contributors 6
Figures and Plates 8
Officers of the Society 12
Editor’s Notes 14
Archaeology in Nottinghamshire 2017 by Chris King 15
The Portable Antiquities Scheme in Nottinghamshire 2017 by Alastair Willis (with contributions by Richard Davis and Natasha Harlow) 55
The use of test pitting to illustrate the development of Bingham, Nottinghamshire from the Iron Age to the 16th century by Peter Allen and Geoff Ashton 73
Excavations at Harvey’s Field and Farthingate, Southwell, Nottinghamshire - preliminary results by Matthew Beresford 91
‘Toton Unearthed’: insights into the archaeology and history of a medieval manor: excavations at Toton, Nottinghamshire (2014) by Alison Montgomery and Gill Morral (with contributions from Laura Binns and Richard Parker) 99
A review of the archaeological remains of the Robinson mills in the Leen valley, Nottinghamshire by Stephen Walker 117
‘Pitiful cries rang round the castle’: King John, Welsh hostages and Nottingham Castle by Trevor Foulds 149
The Vyset Folke: Documented cases of ‘plague’ in Nottingham between 1349 and 1667 by Scott C. Lomax 161
Newstead Abbey; the Claughton Watercolours and the Sevres Plate by Rosalys Coope and Pete Smith 171
Annual History Lecture: Print and Politics in the Nottinghamshire Constituencies c. 1790-1832 by Hannah Nicholson 177
Land Agency in Nineteenth Century Nottinghamshire: John Hassall of Shelford Manor 1789-1859 by John Fisher 193

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