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 St. Leodegarius

Basford District Register Office

Highbury Road
Bulwell
Nottingham
NG6 9DA

Tel: 0115 9271294            Open: Mon-Fri 9.30am - 4.00pm
Fax: 0115 9771845

When people think of Basford today it is as a suburb of Nottingham, but even at the beginning of this century it was still a small town surrounded by fields and situated on the River Leen. Since then the dyers and finishers, together with other aspects of the textile industry, have moved in (and out) because of the soft water provided by the river. The good water was also the reason for the establishment of Shipstone's Brewery in the area. Two other ventures loom large in recent history, the Workhouse and the Gas Works. Basford was originally formed at the point where the River Leen and the Day Brook converged, making the area very prone to flooding until very recently. It was on the route of one of the main ways out of Nottingham, which was up what is now Sherwood Rise to Basford then following the River Leen north towards Newstead Abbey, eventually taking the road to Mansfield. The other route through Basford led to Broxtowe, then to Ilkeston and eventually to Derby. These routes made Basford an important town on the map. Until this century Basford fell into the administration area of Broxtowe, an administrative area formed by the Saxons following the departure of the Romans. The Danes and the Normans continued this. The town survived in these parlous times because it was too wet and swampy to be of any interest to these invaders.

Basford was always renowned for two things: Firstly its quarry which covered a very large area. Much of the stone called Bulwell Stone came in fact from Basford. It was used in many of the buildings in Nottingham including the Castle. Secondly Basford was noted for the number of its mills. At the time of Doomsday there were five corn mills making it a very thriving agricultural community.

Age Structure of BASFORD Reg. Dist., NOTTINGHAMSHIRE in 1851

Age Structure of BASFORD Reg. Dist., NOTTINGHAMSHIRE in 1881

Age Structure of BASFORD Reg. Dist., NOTTINGHAMSHIRE in 1901

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