Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for CARLTON

CARLTON, a township and a subdistrict in Basford district, Notts. The township is in Gedling parish; lies on the Nottingham and Lincoln railway, adjacent to the river Trent, 3 miles ENE of Nottingham; and has a station on the railway, and a post office under Nottingham. Real property, £5,733. Pop., 2,559. Houses, 564. Many of the inhabitants are lace and stocking makers. There are a chapel of ease, and chapels for Baptists, Wesleyans, and Free Methodists.-The subdistrict contains three parishes, and great part of another. Acres, 8,435. Pop., 4,328. Houses, 939.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a township and a subdistrict"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Gedling AP/CP       Basford RegD/PLU       Nottinghamshire AncC
Place: Carlton

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