In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Car Colston like this:
CAR-COLSTON, a parish in Bingham district, Notts; near the Car-Dyke and the river Trent, 3 miles NNE of Bingham r. station. Post Town, Bingham, under Nottingham. Acres, 1,200. Real property, £3,466. Pop., 299. Houses, 49. The property is much subdivided. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £203.* Patron, the Rev. J.Girardot. The church is good; and there are a Wesleyan chapel, and charities £18.
Car Colston through time
Car Colston is now part of Rushcliffe district. Click here for graphs and data of how Rushcliffe has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Car Colston itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Car Colston, in Rushcliffe and Nottinghamshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/7343
Date accessed: 26th April 2024
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