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Stockwith, West, township and vil., Misterton par., Notts, near confluence of rivers Idle and Trent, opposite East Stockwith, and 4 miles NW. of Gainsborough, pop. 662; P.O. Since the Idle was made navigable to Bawtry, and since the construction of the Chesterfield Canal, West Stockwith has risen to the position of a flourishing river-port. It has an endowed school. An annual fair for horses and cattle is held in September. Stockwood, par., in NW. of Dorset, 6½ miles SW. of Sherborne, 692 ac., pop. 70.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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Feature Description: | "township and village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
Administrative units: | Misterton CP/AP Nottinghamshire AncC |
Place names: | STOCKWITH | STOCKWITH WEST | WEST STOCKWITH |
Place: | West Stockwith |
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