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Basford

"Basford Parish lies principally in the vale of the Leen, where that river is augmented by two small streams called the Day Brook and White Moor Spring; but its eastern extremity rises to the lofty hills of Mapperley. It extends from one and a half to three miles north of Nottingham, and comprises 2270 acres of land, of which 1158 acres were enclosed in 1792, and several large tracts have since been covered with thriving plantations. It has geneally a rich sandy soil, and lets for upwards of 30s per acre; but some small allotments are let for more than double that amount. It was anciently divided into several manors, and held of the fee of William Peverel, whose Honour Court was formerly held here. The Duke of Newcastle is lord of the manor, and owner of a large portion of the land. At Scottom, near the Leen, are three covered springs and a large reservoir, formed in 1827, for the purpose of supplying the Nottingham Old Water Works. It is to the lace and hosiery manufacturers and its contiguity to Nottingham, that Basford Parish owes its present wealth and consequence; and from which causes its population has increased during the last fifty years, from 2,124 to 10,093 souls in 1851; in consequence of which, several new villages have been built in the parish, which now contains eight bleaching establishments, a great number of stocking frames, and bobbin net machines."
[White's "Directory of Nottinghamshire," 1853]

Census

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Church Records

Church/Denomination/Founded	Register	Start
St Leodegarius (Anglican)	Baptisms Banns Marriages Burials B.T.s	1561 1757 1568 1561 1627
St Aidan (Anglican) c.1905	-	-
St Augustine, New Basford (Anglican) c.1877	Baptisms Banns Marriages	1849 1877 1877
St John, Carrington (Anglican) 1843	Baptisms Marriages Burials	1843 1847 1843
Pepper Street, New Basford (Anglican) 1848	-	-
Methodist New Connexion, Basford	-	-
General Baptist, Basford pre-1800	Births	1801
High Street Wesleyan Methodist, Old Basford 1805	Marriages	1900
Rawson Street Primitive Methodist, Old Basford	Marriages	1934
Chapel Street General Baptist, New Basford, 1827	-	-
Basford Road Wesleyan Methodist, Basford 1839	Baptisms Marriages	1869 1923
General Baptist, Carrington 1849	-	-
Chapel Street Wesleyan Methodist, Carrington	Baptisms	1839
Wesleyan Methodist, Sherwood pre-1840	-	-
Pepper Street Scotch Baptist, Basford. 1826	Membership	1877
Mount Street Primitive Methodist, New Basford 1848	-	-
Mount Street Wesleyan Methodist, New Basford 1825	Baptisms	1830
Wesleyan Methodist, New Basford 1835	-	-
Park Lane United Methodist Reform, Basford	Baptisms Marriages	1888 1939
Percy Street Methodist, Basford	Baptisms	1936
St John's Methodist, Basford	Baptisms	1914
High Street General Baptist, Old Basford c.1857	-	-
Nottingham Road General Baptist, Basford c.1861	Membership	1861
Arnold Street Baptist, Old Basford	Marriages	1966

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Directories

• An extract from White's 1853 Directory relating to this parish.
  
  

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Manors

• Mapperley Hall, was started in 1792 by Ichabod WRIGHT. The parkland around it took on the Mapperley name.
  
  

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Maps

• The national grid reference is SK 5443.
  
  
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Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

• There was a parish workhouse in Basford in 1777. It served several nearby parishes and housed up to 44 inmates.
  
  
• After the Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834, this parish became the center of the Basford Poor Law Union.
  
  

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Population

Year	1801	1811	1821	1831	1841	1851	1861	1871	1881	1891	1901
Basford	2,124	2.940	3,599	6.325	8,688	10,093	12,185	13,038	18,137	22,781	27,119

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