Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Basford

Basford, par. and ry. sta., Notts, in parliamentary and municipal borough of Nottingham, 2720 ac., pop. 18,137; a chief seat of cotton-hose and lace mfrs. It contains Basford, New, eccl. dist., pop. 5180.


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

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

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