Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for HODSOCK

HODSOCK, a lordship in Blyth parish, Notts; on the river Ryton, 4¾ miles NNE of Worksop. It includes the hamlets of Goldthorpe and Costrop; and comprises 4, 092 acres. Real property, £6, 294. Pop., 207. Houses, 34. Hodsock Priory is the seat of Lieut. Col. W. L. Mellish, and commands a very fine view. Hodsock Park is the seat of G. Smith, Esq.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a lordship"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Hodsock PrLdp/CP       Nottinghamshire AncC
Place: Hodsock

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