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Sutton In Ashfield, manufacturing and market town, par., and township with ry. sta. (Sutton, 14 mile E.), Notts, 3 miles SW. of Mansfield and 13 miles N. of Nottingham - par., 6083 ac., pop. 10,551; town and township, 4855 ac., pop. 8523; P.O., T.O., 1 Bank, 1 newspaper. Market-day, Saturday. The church of St Mary (1390) was restored in 1868. There are mfrs. of hosiery. Sutton has a large provision market and important stock fairs.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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Feature Description: | "manufacturing and market town, parish, and township with railway station" (ADL Feature Type: "cities") |
Administrative units: | Sutton in Ashfield CP/AP Nottinghamshire AncC |
Place: | Sutton in Ashfield |
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