In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Carrington like this:
CARRINGTON, a hamlet and a chapelry in Basford parish, Notts. The hamlet stands 1¼ mile N of Nottingham, and has a post office under Nottingham. Pop., 353. The chapelry was constituted in 1843. Pop., 2,426. Houses, 519. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £150. Patron, the Bishop of L. There are Baptist and Wesleyan chapels, and a national school.
Additional information about this locality is available for Basford
Carrington through time
Carrington is now part of Nottingham district. Click here for graphs and data of how Nottingham has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Carrington itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Carrington, in Nottingham and Nottinghamshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/24424
Date accessed: 24th April 2024
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