Nottingham, Prince George's County, Maryland

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Nottingham Site
Nearest cityUpper Marlboro, Maryland
NRHP reference No.75002083 [1]
Added to NRHPMay 12, 1975

Nottingham is a small town on the Patuxent River in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. It contains an archaeological site which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.[1]

Pre-European era

The Nottingham site is an

John Smith's 1608 map.[2]

Colonial settlement

The Bowie family settled in this area during the colonial period, building a number of homes including "Mattaponi".[3]

Benjamin Contee was born in Nottingham.

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. ^ "Nottingham Site". Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved October 29, 2008.
  3. ^ Hall, Clayton Colman (1912). Baltimore: Its History and Its People, vol.3. Lewis Historical Publishing Co. pp. 300–301.

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