Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for WINKBOURNE

WINKBOURNE, a parish in Southwell district, Notts; 3 miles N of Southwell r. station. Post town, Southwell. Acres, 2,240. Real property, £2,263. Pop., 172. Houses, 30. The manor belonged once to the Knights of St. John; went, in the time of Edward VI., to the Burnells; and, with W. Hall, belongs now to E. V. P. Burnell, Esq. The living is a donative in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £50. Patron, E. V. P. Burnell, Esq. The church is old. There is an endowed school with £30 a year.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Winkburn AP/CP       Southwell RegD/PLU       Nottinghamshire AncC
Place: Winkburn

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