A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
BABWORTH, a village and a parish in East Retford district, Notts. The village stands near the Chester field canal and the Great Northern railway, 1½ mile W of East Retford; and has a post office under Retford. The parish includes also the hamlets of Great and Little Morton and Morton-Grange, and part of the hamlet of Ran by. Acres, 6,165. Real property, £7,205. Pop., 701. Houses, 133. The property is divided among a few. Babworth Hall is the seat of the Simpson family, and stands in very fine grounds, which were laid out by Rep ton. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £826.* Patron, the Hon. B. J. Simpson. The church is a neat Gothic structure, with a small steeple; and was repaired in 1859. A charity school has £8.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Babworth AP/CP East Retford RegD/PLU Nottinghamshire AncC |
| Place: | Babworth |
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