In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Ruddington like this:
RUDDINGTON, a parish, with a village, in Basford district, Notts; 3½ miles S E of Beeston r. station, and 4¼ S of Nottingham. It has a post-office‡ under Nottingham. Acres, 2, 190. Real property, £7, 791. Pop. in 1851, 2, 181; in 1861, 2, 283. Houses, 498. The property is much subdivided. ...
The manor belongs to Sir T. G. A. Parkyns. The Grange is the seat ofPaget, Esq. A college was founded here, in the time of Henry VI., by W. Babyngton. Stocking-weaving is carried on. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £135.* Patrons, Simeon's Trustees. The church is good. A Norman church, with many old monuments, stood at Flawford, and was taken down in 1773. There are chapels for Baptists, Wesleyans, and Primitive Methodists, an endowed school with £86 a year, a national school, and charities £20.
Ruddington through time
Ruddington is now part of Rushcliffe district. Click here for graphs and data of how Rushcliffe has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Ruddington itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Ruddington, in Rushcliffe and Nottinghamshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
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Date accessed: 06th November 2024
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