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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
ELSTON, or Elveston, a parish and a chapelry in Southwell district, Notts. The parish lies on Car Dyke, near the river Trent, 3z miles SE of Fiskerton r. station, and 5½ SW of Newark. Post town, Stoke, under Newark. Acres, with the chapelry, 1, 640. Real property, £3, 812. Pop., 262. Houses, 65. The property is divided among a few. Elston Hall is the seat of Mrs. F. Darwin, and was the birthplace of Dr. Darwin. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £375.* Patron, Mrs. F. Darwin. The church contains monuments of the Darwins, and was renovated in 1859. There are chapels for Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists. Darwin's school and alms-houses have £24 from endowment; and other charities £31. -The chapelry is in East Stoke parish; adjoins Elston parish on the NE; and is included with that parish in poor-rate assessment. Post town, Stoke, under Newark. Rated property, £2, 674. Pop., 210. Houses, 51. The property is sub-divided. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to the vicarage of East Stoke, in the diocese of Lincoln. The church is ancient but good: and there is a Wesleyan chapel.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish and a chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Elston CP/AP Southwell RegD/PLU Nottinghamshire AncC |
| Place names: | ELSTON | ELSTON OR ELVESTON | ELVESTON |
| Place: | Elston |
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