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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
COLLINGHAM (North), a village, a parish, and a sub-district in Newark district, Notts. The village stands on an affluent of the river Trent, near the Midland railway, 5½ miles NNE of Newark; and has a station on the railway and a post office‡ under Newark, both of the name of Collingham. The parish comprises 1,820 acres. Real property, £6, 230. Pop., 1, 010. Houses, 228. The property is much subdivided. The manor belonged to Peterborough abbey. A number of the inhabitants are stocking-makers. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £300. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Peterborough. The church was restored in 1860. There are Baptist and Wesleyan chapels, an endowed school, and charities £21. Dr. Blow, the musician, was a native.—The sub-district contains nine parishes. Acres, 23, 355. Pop., 5, 683. Houses, 1, 241.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village, a parish, and a sub-district" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Collingham CP North Collingham CP/AP North Collingham SubD Newark RegD/PLU Nottinghamshire AncC |
| Place names: | COLLINGHAM | COLLINGHAM NORTH | NORTH COLLINGHAM |
| Place: | North Collingham |
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