Snotingas
The Snotingas were an Anglian tribe who either took their name from a chieftain called "Snot" or "Snod", or from the word Snottenga, meaning "caves". The Snotingas occupied the settlement of Snottengaham or Snodengaham (modern Nottingham).[1]
The Snotingas gave their name to the settlements of Nottingham, first recorded as Snotengaham,[2] and nearby Sneinton, first recorded as Snotinton.[3]
Nottingham's St Mary's Church was probably established as a minster as early as the late 7th century,[4] and the extent of its minster parish is likely to represent the original extent of the territory of the Snotingas.[3] Although determining this area is complicated by the large amount of land held by St Mary's granted to Lenton Priory after the Norman Conquest, it certainly included Whiston[disambiguation needed] in the north of the modern city, and probably the areas of Lenton, Radford, Basford, Arnold, West Bridgford, Wilford, Barton and Clifton.[3]
References
- ^ John Throsby, "The history and antiquities of the town and county of the town of Nottingham", Burbage and Stretton, Tupman, Wilson, and Sutton, 1795
- ^ Gurnham 2010, p. 2.
- ^ a b c Gurnham 2010, p. 4.
- ^ Gurnham 2010, p. 11.
Bibliography
- Gurnham, Richard (2010), A History of Nottingham, Andover: Phillimore & Co, ISBN 1860776582