Luddite riots
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Nottingham’s medieval magic has disappeared from its castle….
1831 fire, Battle of Bosworth, Charles I, david II, Dukes of Newcastle, Edward III, English Civil War, Isabelle de France, John, John Hutchinson, Luddite riots, Neville’s Cross, Nottingham, Nottingham Castle, Parliamentary army, Richard I, Richard III, Robin Hood, Roger Mortimer, siege of Nottingham, slighting, William II’m sorry, but even before the above fire in 1831, Nottingham Castle didn’t look anything like a proper castle. Gone are the medieval towers and battlements, and all that’s left is a mansion on a hill. Nothing smacks of the lost age of Plantagenet kings, knights and armour. Great events happened here in earlier centuries,…
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