Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for BASFORD (New)

BASFORD (New), a village and a chapelry in Bas ford parish, Notts. The village stands 1 mile SSE of Old Basford, and 2 NNW of Nottingham; and has a post office under Nottingham. The chapelry was con stituted in 1847. Rated property, £4,590. Pop., 3,241. Houses, 699. The property is much subdivided. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £130. Patron, alternately the Crown and the Bishop. The church was built in 1860; is of brick, with stone dressings; and has windows of stained glass.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village and a chapelry"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Nottinghamshire AncC
Place names: BASFORD     |     BASFORD NEW     |     NEW BASFORD
Place: New Basford

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