Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Watnall

Watnall, vil. with ry. sta., Greasley par., Notts, 6 miles NW. of Nottingham; P.O. The vil. consists of the 2 hamlets of Watnall Cantelupe and Watnall Chaworth. Watnall Hall has been the seat of the Rollestons since the reign of Queen Elizabeth.


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

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

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