In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Babworth like this:
BABWORTH, a village and a parish in East Retford district, Notts. The village stands near the Chester field canal and the Great Northern railway, 1½ mile W of East Retford; and has a post office under Retford. The parish includes also the hamlets of Great and Little Morton and Morton-Grange, and part of the hamlet of Ran by. ...
Acres, 6,165. Real property, £7,205. Pop., 701. Houses, 133. The property is divided among a few. Babworth Hall is the seat of the Simpson family, and stands in very fine grounds, which were laid out by Rep ton. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £826.* Patron, the Hon. B. J. Simpson. The church is a neat Gothic structure, with a small steeple; and was repaired in 1859. A charity school has £8.
Babworth through time
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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Babworth, in Bassetlaw and Nottinghamshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/7235
Date accessed: 23rd April 2024
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