Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for WILFORD

WILFORD, a village, a parish, and a sub-district, in Basford district, Notts. The village stands on the S bank of the river Trent, 1½ mile by ferry SSW of Nottingham r. station.—The parish comprises 1,450 acres. Post town, Nottingham. Real property, £4,853. Pop., 604. Houses, 121. The manor belongs to Sir R. J. Clifton, Bart. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £574.* Patron, Sir R. J. Clifton, Bart. The church is very old. There are an endowed school with £181 a year, and charities £57.—The sub-district contains 8 parishes. Acres, 14,620. Pop., 5,048. Houses, 1,131.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village, a parish, and a sub-district"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Wilford CP/AP       Wilford SubD       Basford RegD/PLU       Nottinghamshire AncC
Place: Wilford

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