A vision of Britain through time
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
THURGARTON, a village, a parish, and a hundred, in Notts. The village stands near the Nottingham and Lincoln railway, 3 miles S of Southwell; and has a station on the railway, and a post-office under Southwell. The parish comprises 2,770 acres, and is in Southwell district. Real property, £4,915. Pop., 361. Houses, 75. The manor, with T. Priory, belongs to R. Milward, Esq. An Augustinian priory was founded here in 1130, by R. D'Ayncourt; and was given, at the dissolution, to The Coopers. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £400. Patron, Trinity College, Cambridge. The church was recently restored. There are an endowed school with £10 a year, and charities £5.- The hundred contains 28 parishes, and 3 parts. Acres, 63,610. Pop. in 1861, 29,631. Houses, 6,357.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village, a parish, and a hundred" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Thurgarton AP/CP Nottinghamshire AncC |
| Place: | Thurgarton |
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