Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for RAGNALL

RAGNALL, a village and a parish in East Retford district, Notts. The village stands ¾ of a mile W of the river Trent, and 4 E N E of Tuxford r. station; and has a post-office under Newark. The parish contains also the hamlet of Whimpton-Moor, and comprises 1,000 acres. Real property, £2, 315. Pop., 204. Houses, 44. The manor belongs to J. Angerstein, Esq. R. Hall is the seat of D. W. Cartwright, Esq. The living is a p.curacy, annexed to the vicarage of Dunham, in the diocese of Lincoln. The church was restored in 1865.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village and a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Ragnall Parish       East Retford Poor Law Union/Registration District       Nottinghamshire Ancient County
Place: Ragnall

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