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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.
ROLLESTON, a township and a parish in Southwell district, Notts. The township lies on the river Greetnear its influx to the Trent, and on the Nottingham and Lincoln railway at the junction of the branch to South-well, 3¾ miles W by S of Newark; and has a station with telegraph at the railway junction. Acres, 1, 662. Real property, £3, 837. Pop., 268. Houses, 63. The parish contains also the township of Fiskerton, and comprises 2, 705 acres. Post-town, Newark. Real property, £7,006. Pop., 587. Houses, 140. The property is notmuch divided. The manor belongs to J. H. M. Sutton, Esq. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £325.* Patron, the Chapter of Southwell. The church is early English. Charities, £6.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a township and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Rolleston AP/CP Southwell RegD/PLU Nottinghamshire AncC |
| Place: | Rolleston |
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