Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for COLLINGHAM (South)

COLLINGHAM (South), a village and a parish in Newark district, Notts. The village stands on the Fosse way, near Collingham r. station, 4¾ miles NNE of Newark; and occupies the site of the ancient Crocolana. The parish includes also Brough and Deanthorpe; and its post town is Collingham under Newark. Acres, 2, 763. Real property, £5, 201. Pop., 863. Houses, 191. The property is much subdivided. Ancient relics have been found at Potter's Hill barrow. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £418.* Patron, the Bishop of Peterborough. The church is good; and there is a Wesleyan chapel. Charities, £18.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village and a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: South Collingham AP/CP       Newark RegD/PLU       Nottinghamshire AncC
Place names: COLLINGHAM     |     COLLINGHAM SOUTH     |     SOUTH COLLINGHAM
Place: South Collingham

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