Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for BROADHOLME

BROADHOLME, a township in Thorney parish, Notts; on the verge of the county, adjacent to the Lincoln railway, 7 miles W of Lincoln. Acres, 550. Real property, £1,067. Pop., 115. Houses, 22. A small nunnery was founded here, in the reign of Stephen, by Agnes de Camville; and given, in the time of Elizabeth, to John Coniers and William Haber.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a township"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Thorney CP/AP       Nottinghamshire AncC
Place: Broadholme

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