In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Walkeringham like this:
WALKERINGHAM, a parish, with a village, in the district of Gainsborough and county of Nottingham; on the Gainsborough and Doncaster railway, 4 miles NW of Gainsborough. It has a post-office under Gainsborough, and a r. station. Acres, 3,000. Real property, £5,363. Pop., 683. Houses, 151. The property is much sub-divided. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £204.* Patron, Trinity College, Cambridge. The church's chancel was recently restored. There are a Wesleyan chapel, an endowed school with £15 a year, and charities £30.
Walkeringham through time
Walkeringham is now part of Bassetlaw district. Click here for graphs and data of how Bassetlaw has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Walkeringham itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Walkeringham, in Bassetlaw and Nottinghamshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/7805
Date accessed: 30th October 2024
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