Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for MUSKHAM (South)

MUSKHAM (South), a village and a parish in Southwell district, Notts. The village stands adjacent to the Great Northern railway, and near the river Trent, 2½ miles N by w of Newark; and has a post-office under Newark. The parish contains also the hamlet of Little Carlton. Acres, 2, 631. Real property, £4, 107. Pop., 277. Houses, 54. Most of the property belongs to Lord Middleton. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lincoln Value, £140. Patron, the Bishop of Ripon. The church is ancient but good; and consists of nave, aisles, and chancel, with a tower.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village and a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: South Muskham CP/AP       Southwell RegD/PLU       Nottinghamshire AncC
Place names: MUSKHAM     |     MUSKHAM SOUTH     |     SOUTH MUSKHAM
Place: South Muskham

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