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Nottinghamshire is an inland county, bounded on the north by Yorkshire, on the east by Lincolnshire, on the south by Leicestershire, and on the west by Derbyshire. Its covers an area of 844 square miles.

In general, the county is level with the highest ground in the west only reaching 600 feet above sea level. In the south are the Wolds, consisting of upland moors and pasture lands broken by fertile hollows.

The county is chiefly drained by the Trent, which forms part of the eastern boundary. The valley of the Trent is the most fertile land.

Limestone caves near Cresswell have yielded fossil mammalia and tools of the Paleolithic age. Under the Saxons, the county formed part of Mercia. At Nottingham, the capital, and at Newark there are strong castles.