In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Edwinstowe like this:
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.
Edwinstowe through time
Edwinstowe is now part of Newark and Sherwood district. Click here for graphs and data of how Newark and Sherwood has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Edwinstowe itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Edwinstowe, in Newark and Sherwood and Nottinghamshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/7373
Date accessed: 19th April 2024
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