Nottinghamshire A-Z

Name these places, people, and things from A-Z that are associated with the English county of Nottinghamshire.
When the answer is a person, the letter refers to their surname (except for R).
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A
Town north of Nottingham; where Luddism began
Arnold
B
Pharmacy founded in Nottingham in 1849
Boots
C
Gorge on the Derbyshire border home to Ice Age cave art
Creswell Crags
D
Area named for its aristocratic estates; coal-mining centre in the 20th century
The Dukeries
E
Village near S; named for a Northumbrian king
Edwinstowe
F
Football team
Nottingham Forest
G
Fun fair held annually in Nottingham since 1284
Goose Fair
H
Condiment invented by a Nottingham grocer
HP Sauce
I
Painkiller discovered by B in 1961
Ibuprofen
J
Pub which claims to be England's oldest
Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem
K
Town home to Newstead Abbey
Kirkby-in-Ashfield
L
Writer of Lady Chatterley's Lover, born in Eastwood
D. H. Lawrence
M
Second-largest settlement
Mansfield
N
Market town on the T; besieged in the Civil War
Newark
O
Resource extracted near N in the 20th century
Oil
P
Village home to a pumping-station museum
Papplewick
Q
Religious movement born in M
Quakerism
R
Legendary outlaw; depicted on the county's flag
Robin Hood
S
Home of R
Sherwood Forest
T
River that crosses the county
Trent
U
Hilltop village located between the Derbyshire border and the M1
Underwood
V
Nottingham shopping centre
Victoria Centre
W
Manufacturing town in the northwest
Worksop
X
On Lister Gate is a memorial to busker Frank Robinson, aka "________ Man"
Xylophone
Y
Bordering county
Yorkshire
Z
Canal-side hamlet on the border with Leicestershire
Zouch
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