Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for HALAM

HALAM, a parish, with a village, in Southwell district, Notts; 1½ mile NW of Southwell r. station. Posttown, Southwell. Acres, 1, 310. Real property, £2, 949. Pop., 382. Houses, 93. The property is much subdivided. The manor belongs to the Archbishop of York. There are several acres of orchard. The living is a vicarge in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £102.* Patron, the Chapter of Southwell. The church consists of nave and chancel, with low square tower; and was recently in bad condition. Charities, £8.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish, with a village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Halam Ch/CP       Southwell RegD/PLU       Nottinghamshire AncC
Place: Halam

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