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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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OSSINGTON, a village and a parish in Southwell district, Notts. The village stands 2½ miles W N W of Carlton r. station, and 4 S S E of Tuxford; and has apostal letter-box under Newark. The parish comprises 2, 265 acres. Real property, £2, 515. Pop., 231. Houses, 42. The manor, with Ossington Hall, belonged formerly to the Cartwrights and the Cranmers, and belongs now to the Right Hon. J. E. Denison. The parish is a meet for the Rufford hounds. The living is a donative in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, not reported. Patron, the Right Hon. J. E. Denison. The church is a neat building, in the Grecian style; and has a tower. There is a parochial school.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Ossington AP/CP Southwell RegD/PLU Nottinghamshire AncC |
| Place: | Ossington |
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