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Broxtow, Nottinghamshire

Historical Description

Broxtow, a hamlet and a wapentake in Notts. The hamlet is in Bilborough parish, 3½ miles NW of Nottingham, and was once a parish. The wapentake lies around the hamlet, extends 23 miles northward from the Trent, and 22 eastward from Derbyshire, and is cut into two divisions, north and south. The north division contains 19 parishes, the south division 15 parishes.

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.