Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for FELLEY

FELLEY, an extra-parochial tract in Basford district, Notts; near Annesley Hall, 6½ miles SSW of Mansfield. Real property, £368. Pop., 33. Houses, 6. A small priory of black canons, under Worksop abbey, was founded here in 1152, by Ralph de Brito; and some remains of it still exist.


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

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Feature Description: "an extra-parochial tract"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Basford Poor Law Union/Registration District       Nottinghamshire Ancient County
Place: Felley

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