In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Annesley like this:
ANNESLEY, a parish in Basford district, Notts; on the border of Sherwood forest, 2½ miles NW of Linby r. station, and 6½ SSW of Mansfield. It contains the hamlets of Annesley, Woodhouse, and Wansley; and its Post Town is Linby under Nottingham. Acres, inclusive of the extra-parochial tract of Felley, 3,360. ...
Real pro perty, £2,748. Pop., 288. Houses, 57. Annesley Park was the birthplace of Mary Chaworth, the object of the early attachment of Lord Byron, celebrated in the poem of "the Dream;" and is now the seat of J. Chaworth Musters, Esq. The manor belonged, for some time after the Conquest, to the Annesleys, now of Bletchingdon; who built a castle in the park, and a priory in Felley. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £64. Patron, J. Chaworth Musters, Esq. The church is old but good, and contains monuments of the Annesleys. There are two Wesleyan chapels, a free school, and charities £46.
Annesley through time
Annesley is now part of Ashfield district. Click here for graphs and data of how Ashfield has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Annesley itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Annesley, in Ashfield and Nottinghamshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/7220
Date accessed: 25th April 2024
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