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Bestwood Park, Nottinghamshire

Historical Description

Bestwood Park, a parish in Nottingham, once a part of Sherwood Forest. It has a station on the G.N.R., and a post and money order office, named Bestwood Colliery, under Nottingham; telegraph office, Bulwell. Acreage, 3729; population of the civil parish, 736; of the ecclesiastical, 714. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Southwell; net value, £224, in the gift of the Duke of St Albans, who has a residence (Bestwood Lodge) in the parish. There are extensive coal and iron works.

Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5

Land and Property

The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Nottinghamshire is available to browse.


Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Nottinghamshire newspapers online:


Visitations Heraldic

The Visitation of Nottinghamshire 1569 & 1614 is available on the Heraldry page.