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A vision of Britain through time
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EDWINSTOWE, a village and a township in Southwell district, and a parish partly also in Worksop district, Notts. The village stands on the river Mann, 2 miles WSW of Ollerton and 7 NE of Mansfield r. station; and has a post office under Newark, and a fair on 24 Oct. The township includes the village. Real property, £5, 674. Pop., 1, 065. Houses, 235. The parish contains also the townships of Ollerton, Clipstone, Budby, and Perlethorpe, and the chapelry of Carburton. Acres, 17, 270. Real property, £14, 287. Pop., 2, 651. Houses, 578. The property is not much divided. E. Hall and Cockglode are chief residences. The parish includes the northern part of Sherwood forest. The living is a vicarage, united with the p. curacies of Ollerton and Carburton, in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £864.* The church has an octagonal spire, and is good. The p. curacy of Perlethorpe is a separate benefice. There are a Wesleyan chapel, and charities £116.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a township" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Worksop RegD/PLU Nottinghamshire AncC |
| Place: | Edwinstowe |
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