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.
BRIDGFORD (East), a village and a parish in Bingham district, Notts. The village stands on the Fosséway and on the river Trent, 2½ miles N of Bingham r station, and 9 ENE of Nottingham; and has a post office under Nottingham. It occupies the site of the Roman Margidunum; and is sometimes called Bridgford-on-the-Hill. The parish comprises 1,910 acres. Real property, £6,430. Pop., 1,078. Houses, 238. The property is subdivided. A ferry is on the Trent at the village. Gypsum is found. Roman coins and other Roman relics have been got on Castle-hill. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £752.* Patron, Magdalene College, Oxford. The church is of various date and character, from early English onward; and was restored in 1862. There are three dissenting chapels, a fine national school of 1864, and charities £13.
(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: | East Bridgford CP/AP Bingham RegD/PLU Nottinghamshire AncC |
| Place names: | BRIDGFORD | BRIDGFORD EAST | EAST BRIDGFORD |
| Place: | East Bridgford |
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