The Snotingas were an
Anglian tribe who gave their name to the settlements of
Nottingham
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, first recorded as ''Snotengaham'', and nearby
Sneinton, first recorded as ''Snotinton''. The tribe's name means "followers of Snot", an Old English personal name.
Nottingham's
St Mary's Church was probably established as a
minster as early as the late 7th century, and the extent of its minster
parish
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is likely to represent the original extent of the Snotingas' territory. Although determining this area is complicated by the large amount of land held by St Mary's granted to
Lenton Priory after the
Norman Conquest
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, it certainly included
Whiston in the north of the modern city, and probably the areas of
Lenton,
Radford,
Basford,
Arnold,
West Bridgford,
Wilford,
Barton and
Clifton.
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Peoples of Anglo-Saxon Mercia