West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire

Description
Bridgford, West, a village, a township, and a parish in Notts. The township lies on the Grantham Canal, near the M.R., 2 miles SE of Nottingham, under which it has a post, money order, and telegraph office. Acreage, 1124; population of the township, 2502; of the ecclesiastical parish, 2589. The parish contains also the township of Gamston, and part of the hamlet of Basingfield. A small part of the parish, without houses or population, is in the county borough of Nottingham. A great flood occurred here in 1875, caused by the Trent overflowing its banks. The Notts County cricket ground is near the Trent Bridge. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Southwell; gross value, £597 with residence. The church is good, and there is an endowed school with £27 a year.