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BRIDGFORD (West), a township and a parish in Basford district, Notts. The township lies on the Grantham canal, near the Midland railway, 2 miles SE of Nottingham. Pop., 280. Houses, 58. The parish contains also the township of Gamston; and includes part of the village of Bassingfield, which has a post office under Nottingham. Acres, 1,720. Real property, £3,360. Pop., 390. Houses, 76. The property is divided between two. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £588. Patron, J. Musters, Esq. The church is good; and there is an endowed school, with £27 a year.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "a township and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
Administrative units: | West Bridgford CP/AP Basford RegD/PLU Nottinghamshire AncC |
Place names: | BRIDGFORD | BRIDGFORD WEST | WEST BRIDGFORD |
Place: | West Bridgford |
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