We are pleased to announce that we are advertising for a new post within our team!

'Are you an enthusiastic and motivated individual who is committed to a career in the historic environment sector and has strong ICT skills? This two-year post offers an exciting opportunity to work with the heritage specialists at Nottinghamshire County Council.

Based in the Historic Environment Record team, you will also be supporting the work of both the archaeology and built heritage specialists. The role will enable you to gain experience in a wide range of our work across the historic environment of Nottinghamshire, including maintaining the Nottinghamshire HER, providing information to the public and dealing with planning-related enquiries.

You must have a keen interest in history and local heritage, be happy working from home and in an office environment and have good IT skills.'

To find out more view our job advert Historic Environment Assistant Post

We are delighted to launch the brand new Nottinghamshire HER online. This site provides direct digital access to a large selection of records on HER. As well as viewing the records in our HER database, you will be able to view selected sources related to them such as photographs, illustrations, plans and reports.

On these pages you will find there are search tools as well as GIS mapping with which you can discover Nottinghamshire and explore your local heritage. The advanced search tools will also enable you to look at specific themes by type and period. So, whether your interest is Iron Age Britain, Medieval Buildings, Industrial Heritage, or simply the places you live, work and know then this resource should be for you!

As well as our records we have also published Sandersons Map of 1835 and interpretations of the recent Lidar data produced through our partners in the Miner2Major Scheme. Further information on the map layers can be found on the Lidar Project page

We hope to keep use this blog to highlight HER news and our own musings but also to keep you updated on projects and opportunities to get involved

Throughout 2022 we have been working with our partners to develop this site, we would like to take this opportunity to thank the team at Exegesis for all their patience, timely suggestions and hard work.