In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Girton like this:
GIRTON, a parish in Newark district, Notts; on the river Trent, contiguous to Lincolnshire; 3½ miles NNE of Collingham r. station, and 6¼ ESE of Tuxford. Post town, Collingham, under Newark. Acres, 1, 075. Real property, £2, 056. Pop., 188. Houses, 46. The property is much subdivided. The living is a vicarage annexed to the vicarage of South Scarlet, in the diocese of Lincoln. The church is a very humble building, with a small tower.
Girton through time
Girton is now part of Newark and Sherwood district. Click here for graphs and data of how Newark and Sherwood has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Girton itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Girton, in Newark and Sherwood and Nottinghamshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/7414
Date accessed: 09th May 2024
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