Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for FLEDBOROUGH

FLEDBOROUGH, a parish in East Retford district, Notts; on the river Trent, 4 miles ENE of Tuxford r. station, and 5 ENE of Tuxford. It includes Woodcotes hamlet; and its post town is Dunham-on-Trent, under Newark. Acres, 1, 427. Real property, £2, 387. Pop., 115. Houses, 23. The property is divided among a few. Some acres are under hops. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £340.* Patron, Earl Manvers. The church has some stained glass, and is good. There is a National school.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Fledborough AP/CP       East Retford RegD/PLU       Nottinghamshire AncC
Place: Fledborough

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