Nottingham is reputed to have nearly 1,000 caves beneath the city. The most extensive cave system of any city in Britain, caves have been associated with Nottingham since the Middle Ages. Over the centuries these caves, many of them excavated by human hands, have been used for multiple purposes - housing, tanneries, wells, storerooms, breweries, cesspits, sand mines, follies, air raid shelters, etc.In this book Nottingham historian Dave Mooney examines the history of the caves, how they were used, how they were rediscovered and how they are still used today. Along the way readers meet the key characters who have been involved with the history of the caves and descriptions are given of notable examples of the cave systems that are still in use today. Illustrated throughout, The Caves of Nottingham will be of interest to all those who live in or are visiting Nottingham and who wish to know more about its remarkable caves.
