Dunham, Nottinghamshire

Description
Dunham, a village and a parish in Notts. The village stands on the river Trent, 5 miles ENE of Tuxford railway station, and 10 SEofEastRetford. It was once a market-town, and has a post office, of the name of Dunham-on-Trent, under Newark; money order and telegraph office, Newton-on-Trent. Area of the parish, 1065 acres ; population of the civil parish, 280 ; of the ecclesiastical parish, including Darlton and Ragnall, 586. The land lies low, and much of it is subject to inundation. A cast-iron bridge over the Trent was erected in 1832 by Leather, at a cost of about £20,000, and has four arches, each 118 feet in span, and a total length of 563 feet. The living is a vicarage, united with the perpetual curacy of Darlton and chapelry of Rag-nall, in the diocese of Southwell; value, £235 with residence. Patron, the Bishop of Manchester. The church is a building in the Decorated style, with a lofty tower. There is also a Wesleyan chapel.