In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described West Drayton like this:
DRAYTON (West), a parish in East Retford district, Notts; on the river Mann, adjacent to the Great Northern railway, 3½ miles NNW of Tuxford. Post town, Markham, under Newark. Acres, 1, 390. Real property, £696. Pop., 96. Houses, 20. The property is all in one estate. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to the vicarage of East Markham, in the diocese of Lincoln. The church is substantial; and there are charities £48.
West Drayton through time
West Drayton is now part of Bassetlaw district. Click here for graphs and data of how Bassetlaw has changed over two centuries. For statistics about West Drayton itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of West Drayton, in Bassetlaw and Nottinghamshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/7366
Date accessed: 26th April 2024
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