People & Places of Newark and Sherwood, Nottinghamshire

The district of Newark & Sherwood includes one of England''s finest market towns, a wonderful Minster and a truly legendary, English landscape in Sherwood Forest. The area is crossed by the capricious River Trent and is dotted with beautiful and historic villages, where the evidence of past generations is ''hidden in plain sight'' - such as the lost deer parks, abandoned villages and mills. Looking at each settlement, in turn, we look at lavish country houses, lost villages and abandoned Trent ferryboats aplenty. We meet many fascinating characters - from great politicians to explorers, disgraced missionaries, adulterous aristocrats and some humbler souls who made the world a better place. Robin Hood and Friar Tuck lurk within, trading pages with the Duke of Portland and some of the richest families in England. See more