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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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BULWELL, a village, a parish, and a subdistrict, in Basford district, Notts. The village stands in Sherwood forest, adjacent to the Midland railway, 4 miles NNW of Nottingham; and has a station on the railway, and a post office under Nottingham. The parish includes also the hamlet of Hempshill. Acres, 1,210. Real property, £6,732. Pop., 3,660. Houses, 785. The property is subdivided. Bulwell Hall is the seat of the Rev.Padley. Limestone is worked. Calico printing, lacemaking, stocking-making, brick-making, and malting are carried on. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £328.* Patron, the Rev.Padley. The church is new, and has a square tower. There are chapels for Baptists, Wesleyans, and Primitive Methodists. A school has £18,-other charities, 13. The subdistrict contains five parishes. Acres, 8,264. Pop., 7,823. Houses, 1,671.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village, a parish, and a subdistrict" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Bulwell AP/CP Bulwell SubD Basford RegD/PLU Nottinghamshire AncC |
| Place: | Bulwell |
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