Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for MISTERTON

MISTERTON, a village, a township, a parish, and a sub-district, in the district of Gainsborough and county of Nottingham. The village stands on the Chesterfield canal, 1½ mile W of the river Trent, at the boundary with Lincoln, and 5 NW by N of Gainsborough r. station; is a considerable place; and has a post office under Gainsborough.-The township includes the village, and extends into the country. Real property, £7,098. Pop., 1,089. Houses, 250.—The parish contains also the township of West Stockwith, and comprises 5,420 acres. Real property, £9,889. Pop. in 1851,1,743; in 1861, 1,627. Houses, 387. The decrease of pop. was all in West Stockwith, and arose from the migration of watermen and rope-makers, occasioned by the facilities of railway communication. The property is much subdivided. The chief landowners are the Duke of Portland, J. H. Hill, Esq., and Misses Hill. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £120. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of York. The church was partly rebuilt in 1848; and consists of nave, aisles and chancel, with tower and spire. The p. curacy of West Stockwith is a separate benefice. There are chapels for Baptists, Wesleyans, and Primitive Methodists, an endowed school, and charities £10.—The sub-district contains also five other parishes. Acres, 14,763. Pop., 3,151. Houses, 709.


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

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Feature Description: "a village, a township, a parish, and a sub-district"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Misterton CP/AP       Misterton SubD       Nottinghamshire AncC
Place: Misterton

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