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]
Nottingham Site | |
Nearest city | Upper Marlboro, Maryland |
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NRHP reference No. | 75002083 [1] |
Added to NRHP | May 12, 1975 |
Pre-European era
editThe Nottingham site is an archeological site located on a terrace of the Patuxent River, near Upper Marlboro, Prince George's County, Maryland. The site contains an important record of more than 5000 years of prehistory, including Middle Archaic (c. 6000 BC) through Late Woodland (AD 1600) materials. Of particular note are a sizable Middle Woodland Selby Bay component, and a large Late Woodland component (c. AD 1550–1600) which may correspond to the village of Mattpament depicted on John Smith's 1608 map.[2]
Colonial settlement
editThe 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
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- ^ "Nottingham Site". Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved October 29, 2008.
- ^ Hall, Clayton Colman (1912). Baltimore: Its History and Its People, vol.3. Lewis Historical Publishing Co. pp. 300–301.
External links
edit- Nottingham Site, Prince George's County, Inventory No.: PG:82B-25, including photo in 1974, at Maryland Historical Trust website
- M-NCPPC Inventory of Historic Sites (Prince George's County): Archeological Sites; National Archives Archeological Site, entry 82B-025, p. 205