Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Thurgarton

Thurgarton, par. and vil. with ry. sta., Notts, 3 miles S. of Southwell and 10 miles NE. of Nottingham, 2770 ac., pop. 328; near vil. is Thurgarton Priory, seat; the parish church was the church of the priory, which was founded in 1130.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish and village with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Thurgarton AP/CP       Nottinghamshire AncC
Place: Thurgarton

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