Cottage life in Clifton, c.1900.Graphic
Photographic
There are three online collections of Nottingham and Nottinghamshire historical images:
For village subjects in north Nottinghamshire it would be worth visiting the website of the Welchman Photographic Project, run by Bassetlaw Museum:
Newark and Sherwood Museum Service hold a large photographic collection and although the focus is the town itself there are “photographs of most of the surrounding villages throughout the Newark and Sherwood region.” Email: museums@nsdc.info
Recent and old photographs of village subjects are available on the Nottinghamshire History website:
Photographs of many Nottinghamshire village churches are available at:
Film and video
A number of videos on village subjects are available for loan from the Local Studies Library in Nottingham: e.g., Laxton, Woodborough, Kingston-on-Soar, Keyworth, Oxton and Radcliffe-on-Trent.
Artistic
There are a wide range of pictures of Nottinghamshire subjects held at the Nottingham Castle and Art Museum:
- City of Nottingham, Nottingham Castle Museum and Art Gallery. Fine art collection handlist, Nottingham: Nottingham City Council, 1988
A helpful source for information on Nottingham artists and their works is:
- Heather Williams, Nottingham artists, 1750-1924, University of Nottingham PhD thesis, 1981