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.
OLLERTON, a small town and a township-chapelry, in Edwinstowe parish, Notts. The town stands on the river Mann, immediately below the influx of Rainworthwater, near the N border of Sherwood forest, 5½ miles E of a line of railway in course of formation in 1867 from Mansfield to Worksop, and 8½ N E of Mansfield; is environed by fine scenery; is a polling-place, and a seat of Manorial courts; and has a post-office‡ under Newark, agood inn, a neat church with a tower, a Wesleyan chapel, an endowed school with £26 a year, a national schoolbuilt in 1842, a cemetery opened in 1863, a weeklymarket on Friday, and cattle fairs on 1 May and the last Friday of Sept. The chapelry includes the town, and extends into the country. Real property, £2, 928. Pop., 932. Houses, 214. The manor belongs to H. Saville, Esq. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to the vicarage of Edwinstowe, in the diocese of Lincoln.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a small town and a township-chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "cities") |
| Administrative units: | Edwinstowe CP/AP Ollerton CP/Ch Nottinghamshire AncC |
| Place: | Ollerton |
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