Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Attenborough

Attenborough, par. and vil. with ry. sta., in co. and 5 m. SW. of Nottingham, 2843 ac., pop. 1239. Henry Ireton (1610-1651), son-in-law of Oliver Cromwell, was a native. The par. includes the township of Toton and the hamlet of Chilwell.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish and village with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Attenborough CP/AP       Nottinghamshire AncC
Place: Attenborough

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