Description
Attenborough, a village, a township, and a parish in Notts. The village stands at the confluence of the Erwash and the Trent, adjacent to the Nottingham railway, and 6 miles SW of Nottingham. The parish comprises the township of Toton and the hamlet of Chilwell, the latter of which has a post office under Nottingham; money order and telegraph office, Beeston. Population, 1258. The living is a vicarage, united with the chapelry of Bramcote, in the diocese of Southwell; net value, £245 with residence. The church is large and good. Henry Ireton, the son-in-law of Oliver Cromwell, was a native.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5
