Nottingham Castle
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Transcription: by Darryl D. Bush
The Anglo-Saxons established Nottingham and held the town (with a<br> period of Viking rule) until the Norman invasion of England.<br> It was the Normans who built Nottingham Castle in 1068 to help<br> consolidate their rule over the surrounding area. There remained a<br> strong Anglo-Saxon influence in the region and Nottingham Castle<br> will be remembered as the legendary abode of the Sheriff of<br> Nottingham of Robin Hood legend, infamous for his oppression of the<br> non-Norman population. The location of the castle was on an ancient rock,<br> fortified since prehistoric times and filled with caves and passages.<br> The Norman castle was largely destroyed in 1651 during the English Civil War<br> but was rebuilt later in the century as a Renaissance-style palace by the<br> first Duke of Newcastle.<br> The most widely known tune named "Nottingham Castle" appeared in the 1780<br> music manuscript copybook of musician John Fife. The tune in The English<br> Dancing Master, 11th edition (1701) is musically unrelated.<br>
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