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COLSTON-BASSET, a parish in Bingham district, Notts; on the river Smite, adjacent to the Grantham canal, 4½ miles S of Bingham r. station, and 10 SE by E of Nottingham. It has a post office under Nottingham. Acres, 2, 391. Real property, £3, 934. Pop., 297. Houses, 60. The property is all in one estate. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £270.* Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is cruciform, and was recently repaired. There are P. Methodist and R. Catholic chapels, and a free school.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Colston Bassett Parish Bingham Poor Law Union/Registration District Nottinghamshire Ancient County |
| Place: | Colston Bassett |
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