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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described East Kirkby like this:
KIRKBY-FOLLY, a village in Kirkby-in-Ashfield parish, Notts; adjacent to the Nottingham and Mansfield railway, 4¼ miles SW by S of Mansfield. It has a station, of the name of Kirkby, on the railway. Pop., about 500.
East Kirkby is now part of ASHFIELD District. Click here for graphs and data of how ASHFIELD has changed over two centuries. For statistics about East Kirkby itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of East Kirkby, in Ashfield and Nottinghamshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/24078
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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