Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for WHEATLEY (North)

WHEATLEY (North), a parish, with a village, in East Retford district, Notts; 2 miles NW of Sturton r. station, and 5 NE of East Retford. It has a post-office under Retford. Acres, 2,181. Real property, £3,140. Pop., 461. Houses, 101. The manor belongs to Lord Middleton. The living is a vicarage, united with Saundby, in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £260. Patron, Lord Middleton. The church is old but good. There are a Wesleyan chapel, a national school, and charities £12.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish, with a village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: North Wheatley Parish       East Retford Poor Law Union/Registration District       Nottinghamshire Ancient County
Place names: NORTH WHEATLEY     |     WHEATLEY     |     WHEATLEY NORTH
Place: North Wheatley

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