In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Bunny like this:
BUNNY, a parish in Basford district, Notts; 5 miles SE of Beeston r. station, and 6½ S of Nottingham. Post Town, Plumtree, under Nottingham. Acres, 2,000. Real property, £3,415. Pop., 273. Houses, 68. The property is all in one estate. Bunny Park was the seat of the erudite and eccentric Sir T. Parkyns; and passed to Lord Rancliffe. The living is a vicarage, united with the vicarage of Bradmore, in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £.425.* Patron, Mrs. Forteath. The church is partly decorated English, and has a crocketted spire. There is an endowed school.
Bunny through time
Bunny is now part of Rushcliffe district. Click here for graphs and data of how Rushcliffe has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Bunny itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Bunny, in Rushcliffe and Nottinghamshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/7310
Date accessed: 16th September 2024
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