Description
Ossington, a village and a parish in Notts. The village stands 2 1/2 miles WNW of Carlton railway station, and 4 SSE of Tuxford, and has a post office under Newark; money order office, Sutton-on-Trent; telegraph office, Carlton-on-Trent (R.S.O.) The parish comprises 2412 acres; population, 211. The manor, with Ossington Hall, belonged formerly to the Cartwrights and the Cranmers, and belongs now to the Denison family. The living is a donative in the diocese of Southwell; gross value, £40. The church is a building in the Grecian style, and consists of chancel, nave, and a tower.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5
