![]() In the Middle Ages, a charter was a document granting the townspeople certain rights. In 1155 the king gave Nottingham a charter. However, it was not large or important nationally. By the standards of the time, Nottingham was a fair-sized town. By the 14th century, it may have grown to 3,000. Nottingham may have had a population of around 1,500 at the time of the Norman Conquest. Later, in the late 13th and early 14th centuries, they were replaced by stone walls. The ditch and rampart around Nottingham were extended to surround the new area. The two areas had separate administrations until about 1300. The old town was called the English borough. It was called the French borough because most of those who lived there were Norman French. A new area was created between the old town and the castle. Nottingham grew rapidly after the Norman Conquest. (It was rebuilt in stone in the 12th century). In 1067William the Conqueror built a wooden castle to guard Nottingham. From the 10th century, Nottingham also had a mint. The Western limit of the town stood roughly where Bridlesmith Gate is today. By the 10th century, Nottingham was a busy little town though with a population of only several hundred. In 920 the English king recaptured Nottingham and he built a bridge across the Trent. The town had a ditch around it and an earth rampart with a wooden palisade on top. They turned Nottingham into a fortified settlement or burgh. In the late 9th century the Danes conquered North East and Eastern England. It was inevitable that sooner or later Nottingham would grow into a town as it is the first point where the Trent can be forded but the river is also navigable this far inland. Gradually its name changed to Snottingham then just Nottingham. So its name meant the village owned by Snotta. The word inga meant ‘belonging to’ and Snotta was a man. Nottingham began in the 6th century as a small settlement called Snotta inga ham. ![]()
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