A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
WOLLATON, a parish, with a village, in Basford district, Notts; 1¾ mile W of Radford r. station, and 3 W of Nottingham. It has a post-office under Nottingham. Acres, 2,340. Real property, £5,352. Pop., 555. Houses, 116. W. Hall was built in 1588, by Sir F. Willoughby; is in the florid Tudor style; was attacked in 1831, by the Reform rioters; and is the seat of Lord Middleton. The living is a rectory, united with Cossall, in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £721.* Patron, Lord Middleton. The church is old but good.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish, with a village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Wollaton AP/CP Basford RegD/PLU Nottinghamshire AncC |
| Place: | Wollaton |
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