Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for KEYWORTH

KEYWORTH, a parish with a village, in Bingham district, Notts; 8½ miles SSE of Nottingham r. station. Post town, Plumtree, under Nottingham. Acres, 1, 530. Real property, £2, 457. Pop., 736. Houses, 159. The property is subdivided. Framework knitting is carried on. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £434.*-Patron, the Rev. A. Potter. The church has a curious tower, with octagonal spire; and is good. There are chapels for Independents and Primitive Methodists, a national school, and charities £16.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish with a village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Keyworth AP/CP       Bingham RegD/PLU       Nottinghamshire AncC
Place: Keyworth

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