In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Gamston like this:
GAMSTON, a village and a parish in East Retford district, Notts. The village stands on the river Idle, near the Great Northern railway, 3½ miles S of East Retford; and has a post office under Retford. The parish comprises 2, 000 acres. Real property, £2, 367. Pop., 282. Houses, 62. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £282.* Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is later English, and good; and there is a Baptist chapel.
Gamston through time
Gamston is now part of Bassetlaw district. Click here for graphs and data of how Bassetlaw has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Gamston itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Gamston, in Bassetlaw and Nottinghamshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/7408
Date accessed: 24th April 2024
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