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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.
GAMSTON, a village and a parish in East Retford district, Notts. The village stands on the river Idle, near the Great Northern railway, 3½ miles S of East Retford; and has a post office under Retford. The parish comprises 2, 000 acres. Real property, £2, 367. Pop., 282. Houses, 62. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £282.* Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is later English, and good; and there is a Baptist chapel.
(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: | Gamston Ch/AP/CP East Retford RegD/PLU Nottinghamshire AncC |
| Place: | Gamston |
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