A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
CLARBOROUGH, Clareborough, or Clayborough, a village, a parish, and a sub-district in East Retford district, Notts. The village stands near the Roman road to Lincoln, the Chesterfield canal, and the Retford and Gainsborough and the Great Northern railways, 2 miles NE of East Retford; and has a post office under Retford. The parish contains also the hamlets of Bollom, Gring ley, Little Gringley, Moorgate, and Walham, and the East Retford workhouse. Acres, 3, 870 Real property, £9, 959. Pop., 2, 412. Houses, 529. The property is much subdivided. The living is a vicarage, united with the p. curacy of St. Saviour, in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £331.* Patrons, Simeon's Trustees. The parish church was built in 1258 by Archbishop Sewell; and is good. The church of St. Saviour, in Moorgate, was built in 1828. There are a P. Methodist chapel, and charities £10. -The sub-district contains seven parishes and parts of three others. Acres, 19, 560. Pop, 6, 076.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village, a parish, and a sub-district" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Clarborough AP/CP Clarborough SubD East Retford RegD/PLU Nottinghamshire AncC |
| Place: | Clarborough |
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