In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Widmerpool like this:
WIDMERPOOL, a parish in Bingham district, Notts; 8½ miles SSE of Nottingham r. station. Post town, Nottingham. Acres, 2,190. Real property, £2,440. Pop., 151. Houses, 30. The manor belongs to J. Robinson, Esq. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £232.* Patron, J. Robinson, Esq. The church is tolerable.
Widmerpool through time
Widmerpool is now part of Rushcliffe district. Click here for graphs and data of how Rushcliffe has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Widmerpool itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Widmerpool, in Rushcliffe and Nottinghamshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/7813
Date accessed: 24th April 2024
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