In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's "Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales" described Tollerton:

    TOLLERTON, a parish in Bingham district, Notts; 3¾ miles SSE of Nottingham r. station. It has a post-office under Nottingham. Acres, 1,240. Real property, £2,427. Pop., 148. Houses, 29. Rocklaveston manor belongs to Mrs. Davies. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £600.* Patron, Mrs. Davies. The church is good.