Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for GOTHAM

GOTHAM, a village and a parish in Basford district, Notts. The village stands 3 miles NE of Kegworth r. station, and 7 SSW of Nottingham; was anciently called Goat's-home, from goats having been much cherished by its inhabitants; figures in a black letter book, called "The Merry Tales of the Mad Men of Gotham, " written by Dr. Andrew Borde, the original "merry Andrew, " and containing facetious stories which have long circulated in nurseries; consists now of only a few cottages; and has a post office under Derby. The parish comprises 2, 740 acres. Real property, £3, 339. Pop., 771. Houses, 177. The property is much subdivided. Part of the surface is moor. Limestone and gypsum occur; and bricks are made. Some of the inhabitants are stocking-makers. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, 513.* Patron, rotationally Earl Howe, Lord St. John, and G. S. Foljambe, Esq. The church is ancient but good; and has a tower and spire. There are chapels for Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists, and a national school.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village and a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Gotham CP/AP       Basford RegD/PLU       Nottinghamshire AncC
Place names: GOATS HOME     |     GOTHAM
Place: Gotham

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