In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Colston Bassett like this:
COLSTON-BASSET, a parish in Bingham district, Notts; on the river Smite, adjacent to the Grantham canal, 4½ miles S of Bingham r. station, and 10 SE by E of Nottingham. It has a post office under Nottingham. Acres, 2, 391. Real property, £3, 934. Pop., 297. Houses, 60. The property is all in one estate. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £270.* Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is cruciform, and was recently repaired. There are P. Methodist and R. Catholic chapels, and a free school.
Colston Bassett through time
Colston Bassett is now part of Rushcliffe district. Click here for graphs and data of how Rushcliffe has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Colston Bassett itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Colston Bassett, in Rushcliffe and Nottinghamshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/7345
Date accessed: 25th April 2024
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