Nottingham currently used by New College Nottingham. The Georgian-built Shire Hall is home to the Galleries of Justice and was Nottingham's main court and prison building. "Ye Olde Trip To Jerusalem" (the "Trip"), partially built into the cave system beneath Nottingham Castle, is a contender for the title of England's Oldest Pub, as it is supposed to have been established in 1189. "The Bell Inn" in the Old Market Square, and "Ye Olde Salutation Inn" (the "Salutation") in Maid Marian Way have both disputed this claim. The "Trip"'s current timber building probably dates back to the 17th or 18th century, but
Oldest town in Britain much evidence of activity in Colchester until the early fifth century AD, after which it becomes more scarce. Although there are scattered settlement sites, burials and artefacts in Colchester from between the fifth and ninth centuries AD there is a debate over whether it could be called a “town” in this period (see ). Aside from a ninth-century reference by Nennius to a "Caer Colun", the first time Colchester is explicitly mentioned in "written" accounts is an entry for 917 AD in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, when it is recorded that King Edward the Elder led a Saxon army from Surrey,