LITTLEBOROUGH, a parish in East Retford district, Notts; on the river Trent, at the boundary with Lincoln, 2 miles NNE of Cottam r. station, and 8½ E by N of East Retford. Post town, Retford. Acres, 290. Real property, £669. Pop., 60. Houses, 15. The property is divided among three. The manor belongs to G. S. Foljambe, Esq. The Roman station Angelocum, or Segelocum, was here; and Roman altars, urns, coins, and traces of buildings have been found. A notable ferry over the Trent also was anciently and long here. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £65. Patron, G. S. Foljambe, Esq. The church is Norman and good.

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