Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for DRAYTON (West)

DRAYTON (West), a parish in East Retford district, Notts; on the river Mann, adjacent to the Great Northern railway, 3½ miles NNW of Tuxford. Post town, Markham, under Newark. Acres, 1, 390. Real property, £696. Pop., 96. Houses, 20. The property is all in one estate. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to the vicarage of East Markham, in the diocese of Lincoln. The church is substantial; and there are charities £48.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: West Drayton CP/Ch       East Retford RegD/PLU       Nottinghamshire AncC
Place names: DRAYTON     |     DRAYTON WEST     |     WEST DRAYTON
Place: West Drayton

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