In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Habblesthorpe like this:
APPLETHORPE, Apesthorpe, or Habblesthorpe, a parish in East Retford district, Notts; on the verge of the county, 1 mile E of Leverton r. station, and 5½ E of East Retford. It contains the hamlet of Coates; and its Post Town is Sturton under Retford. Acres, 1,040. Real property, £1,369. Pop., 142. Houses, 26. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £81. Patron, the Bishop of L. There is no church; but there are a Wesleyan chapel, and charities £62.
Habblesthorpe through time
Habblesthorpe is now part of Bassetlaw district. Click here for graphs and data of how Bassetlaw has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Habblesthorpe itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Habblesthorpe, in Bassetlaw and Nottinghamshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/20937
Date accessed: 29th May 2024
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