Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for MOORGATE

MOORGATE, a hamlet in Clarborough parish, Notts; on thew Chesterfield canal, suburban to the NE side of East Retford. Pop., 1,007. A chapel of ease to Clarborough is here, and was erected in 1828.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a hamlet"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Clarborough AP/CP       Nottinghamshire AncC
Place: Moorgate

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