Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for LITTLEBOROUGH

LITTLEBOROUGH, a parish in East Retford district, Notts; on the river Trent, at the boundary with Lincoln, 2 miles NNE of Cottam r. station, and 8½ E by N of East Retford. Post town, Retford. Acres, 290. Real property, £669. Pop., 60. Houses, 15. The property is divided among three. The manor belongs to G. S. Foljambe, Esq. The Roman station Angelocum, or Segelocum, was here; and Roman altars, urns, coins, and traces of buildings have been found. A notable ferry over the Trent also was anciently and long here. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £65. Patron, G. S. Foljambe, Esq. The church is Norman and good.


(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: Littleborough CP/AP       East Retford RegD/PLU       Nottinghamshire AncC
Place: Littleborough

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