In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described West Stockwith like this:
STOCKWITH (West), a township-chapelry, with a village, in Misterton parish, Notts; on the river Trent, at the junction of the Chesterfield cana1, opposite East S., 4 miles NNW of Gainsborough r. station. It has a post-office under Gainsborough, a fair on 4 Sept., and a ferry. Real property, £2,791. Pop. in 1851, 654; in 1861, 538. Houses, 137. The property is subdivided. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £220.* Patrons, Trustees. There are two Methodist chapels, an endowed school, and some alms houses.
West Stockwith through time
West Stockwith is now part of Bassetlaw district. Click here for graphs and data of how Bassetlaw has changed over two centuries. For statistics about West Stockwith itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of West Stockwith, in Bassetlaw and Nottinghamshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/7766
Date accessed: 19th April 2024
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