In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Barnby in the Willows like this:
BARNBY-IN-THE-WILLOWS, a parish in Newark district, Notts; on the river Fesdick, 2½ miles N by E of Claypole r. station, and 4¼ E by S of Newark. Post Town, Claypole, under Newark. Acres, 1,703. Real property, £2,736. Pop., 302. Houses, 64. The property is divided among a few. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £184. Patron, Southwell Collegiate Church. The church is good; and there is a Wesleyan chapel.
Barnby in the Willows through time
Barnby in the Willows is now part of Newark and Sherwood district. Click here for graphs and data of how Newark and Sherwood has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Barnby in the Willows itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Barnby in the Willows, in Newark and Sherwood and Nottinghamshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/7243
Date accessed: 25th April 2024
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