Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for GONALSTONE

GONALSTONE, a parish in Southwell district, Notts; on an affluent of the river Trent, 1 mile W of Lowdham r. station, and 4½ SSW of Southwell. Post town, Lowdham, under Nottingham. Acres, 950. Real property, £2, 112. Pop., 107. Houses, 25. The manor, with Gonalstone House, belongs to L. Franklin, Esq. An hospital was built at Bradebusk, by William Heriz, in the time of Henry III. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £324. Patron, R. Franklin, Esq. The church is early English; has a tower and spire; and in part, including tower and spire, was recently rebuilt.


(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: Gonalston AP/CP       Southwell RegD/PLU       Nottinghamshire AncC
Place: Gonalston

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