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KELHAM, a parish in Southwell district, Notts; on the river Trent, 2 miles NW of Newark r. station. It has a post office under Newark. Acres, 1,857. Real property, £3, 743. Pop., 178. Houses, 36. The manor, with Kelham Hall, belongs to J. H. Manners-Sutton, Esq. K. Hall is a recent and handsome mansion. A five arched bridge, of brick with stone dressings, here crosses the Trent, and was built in lieu of an iron bridge, swept away by a freshet with ice. The living is a rectory, annexed to the rectory of Averham, in the diocese of Lincoln. The church is later English; comprises nave, aisles, and chancel, with a tower; and includes, in a mortuary chapel, a handsome altar monument to Lord and Lady Lexington.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
Administrative units: | Kelham AP/CP Southwell RegD/PLU Nottinghamshire AncC |
Place: | Kelham |
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