Basford and district from 1821 to 1851 Volume 1

Description

A collection of essays forming part of the Basford & District Local History Society Project 2003 covering aspects of the history of the Parish of Basford.

This volume looks at the churchwardens accounts; Richard Birkin & lacemaking; Thomas North & coal mining; John Twells, Basford postmaster & librarian; and William Scaling & wickerwork. It also reproduces the Basford section from White’s Directory of Nottingham 1853 and includes some extracts from the Nottingham Journal.  36pp