A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
COTGRAVE, a village and a parish in Bingham district, Notts. The village stands adjacent to Grantham canal, near the Fosse way, 4 miles S of Ratcliffe r. station, and 7 SE by E of Nottingham; and has a post office under Nottingham. The parish includes also the hamlet of Stragglethorpe. Acres, 3, 350. Real property, £5, 581. Pop., 878. Houses, 193. The property is all in one estate. Some of the inhabitants are stocking-makers. Limestone is found. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £628.*-Patron, Earl Manvers. The church is ancient, has a spire, and is very good. There is a Wesleyan chapel.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Cotgrave AP/CP Bingham RegD/PLU Nottinghamshire AncC |
| Place: | Cotgrave |
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