Editing Nottingham (section)

===Early History===
{{main|History of Nottingham}}
{{see also|Timeline of Nottingham}}
The early history of Nottingham dates back to 919 A.D. where [[Edward the Elder]] captured Nottingham to which he built a fortress on the southern bank of the river Trent in 921 A.D. During the [[Norman Conquest]] [[William the Conqueror]] built a castle in Nottingham which was entrusted to [[William Peverel]].<ref name="Cornelius Brown 1896">Cornelius Brown, ''A History of Nottinghamshire'' (1896), retrieved on 3 June 2023</ref>

[[image:Caves, Brewhouse Yard, Nottingham - geograph.org.uk - 4053475.jpg|thumb|right|[[Nottingham Caves]]]]

The Anglo-Saxon settlement was originally confined to the area today known as the Lace Market and was surrounded by a substantial defensive ditch and rampart, which fell out of use following the Norman Conquest and was filled by the time of the [[Domesday Book]] (1086).<ref name="Scott C. Lomax 2013 pp. 83">Scott C. Lomax (17 October 2013). Nottingham: The Buried Past of a Historic City Revealed. Pen and Sword. pp. 83–. {{ISBN|978-1-4738-2999-2}}.</ref> 

Following the Norman Conquest the Saxon settlement developed into the English [[Borough]] of Nottingham and housed a Town Hall and Law Courts. A settlement also developed around the castle on the hill opposite and was the French borough supporting the Normans in the castle. Eventually, the space between was built on as the town grew and the [[Old Market Square, Nottingham|Old Market Square]] became the focus of Nottingham several centuries later.<ref name="Scott C. Lomax 2013 pp. 83"/> Defences consisted initially of a ditch and bank in the early 12th century. The ditch was later widened, in the mid-13th century, and a stone wall built around much of the perimeter of the town. A short length of the wall survives, and is visible at the northern end of Maid Marian Way, and is protected as a Scheduled Monument.<ref name="Scott C. Lomax 2013 pp. 83"/>

[[File:Nottingham Castle South Front.jpg|thumb|Nottingham Castle]]