Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for CHILWELL

CHILWELL, a hamlet in Attenborough parish, Notts; near the river Trent and the Midland railway, 4½ miles SW of Nottingham. It has a post office under Nottingham. Real property, £5, 003. Pop., 815. Houses, 180. Stocking-making is much carried on.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a hamlet"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Attenborough CP/AP       Nottinghamshire AncC
Place: Chilwell

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