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A vision of Britain through time
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LEVERTON (SOUTH), a village, a township, and a parish, in East Retford district, Notts. The village stands ½ a mile S of Leverton r. station, and 5½ E by S of East Retford; and has a post office under Retford. The township comprises 1,630 acres. Real property, £3,564. Pop., 408. Houses, 97.—The parish contains also the chapelry of Cottam, and comprises 2,530 acres. Real property, £4,378. Pop., 494. Houses, 116. The property is much subdivided. The manor belongs to G. S. Foljambe, Esq. The living is a vicarage, united with the p. curacy of Cottam, in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £134.* Patron, the Bishop of Lincoln. The church is old but good; and consists of nave, aisles, and chancel, with a tower. There are a Wesleyan chapel, and an endowed school with £20 a year.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village, a township, and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | South Leverton CP/AP East Retford RegD/PLU Nottinghamshire AncC |
| Place names: | LEVERTON | LEVERTON SOUTH | SOUTH LEVERTON |
| Place: | South Leverton |
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