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Papplewick (St. James)

PAPPLEWICK (St. James), a parish, in the union of Basford, N. division of the wapentake of Broxtow and of the county of Nottingham, 7 miles (N. by W.) from Nottingham; containing, with Newstead liberty, 512 inhabitants, of whom 319 are in the township of Papplewick. The township comprises by computation 963 acres, in equal portions of arable and grass land: the village is situated on the eastern bank of the river Leen. Papplewick Hall, built in 1787, is an elegant stone edifice, with a lawn of 60 acres, commanding pleasing prospects. A sheep-fair is held in September. The living is a perpetual curacy; net income, £91; patron, Andrew Montagu, Esq., whose estate here was at one time part of that of Newstead Priory adjoining. The church, which is in the later English style, was built in 1796, at the expense of the Right Hon. Frederic Montagu. In the side of a hill in the neighbourhood, is a small but curious ancient excavation with passages and doorways, called Robin Hood's Stable.

Transcribed from A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858.

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