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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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STAPLEFORD, a village, a parish, and a sub-district, in the district of Shardlow and county of Nottingham. The village stands on the river Erewash, ½ a mile SE of Sandiacre r. station, and 6 WSW of Nottingham; carries on silk and lace manufacture; and has a post-office‡ under Nottingham. The parish comprises 1,450 acres. Real property, £4,866. Pop. in 1851, 1,968; in 1861, 1,729. Houses, 382. The property is much divided. S. Hall was built in 1797 by Admiral Warren, and is now the seat ofI. Wright, Esq. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £155.* Patron, H. Morris, Esq. The church is very old. There are chapels for Wesleyan and Primitive Methodists, and an endowed school.—The sub-district contains 7 parishes and a part. Pop., 8,952. Houses, 2,004.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village, a parish, and a sub-district" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Stapleford AP/CP Stapleford SubD Nottinghamshire AncC |
| Place: | Stapleford |
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