Place:


Bleasby  Nottinghamshire

 

In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Bleasby like this:

BLEASBY, a parish, with a village and a r. station, in Southwell district, Notts; on the river Trent and on the Midland railway, 3 miles SSE of Southwell. It includes the hamlets of Gibsmere, Notown, and Goverton; and its Post Town is Thurgarton, under Southwell. -Acres, 1,550. Real property, £2,803. ...


Pop., 332. Houses, 72. The property is subdivided. Bleasby Hall is the seat of the Kelhams. The parish is a meet for the Rufford hounds. The living is a vicarage, united with the vicarage of Morton, in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £188.* Patron, Southwell College Church. The church is ancient and very good.

Bleasby through time

Bleasby is now part of Newark and Sherwood district. Click here for graphs and data of how Newark and Sherwood has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Bleasby itself, go to Units and Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Bleasby, in Newark and Sherwood and Nottinghamshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/7261

Date accessed: 08th October 2024


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