Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Bassetlaw

Bassetlaw, wapentake, N. Notts, area 198,720 ac., pop. 40,437, divided into 3 parts -- Halfield, 114,099 ac., pop. 25,707; North Clay, 44,307 ac., pop. 8200; South Clay, 40,314 ac., pop. 6530.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "wapentake"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 3rd order divisions")
Administrative units: Nottinghamshire AncC
Place: Bassetlaw

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