Eastwood, Nottinghamshire

Description
Eastwood, a village and a parish in Notts. The village stands on the verge of the county, adjacent to the Erewash river and canal, and the Erewash Valley railway, near Langley-Mill station, 9 miles NW by N of Nottingham; and has a post, money order, and telegraph office under Nottingham. The parish comprises 951 acres; population, 4363. "The Hall," a residence of the Walker-Munro family, is pleasantly situated in a large park. Coal is very extensively worked and contains many fossils, and malting and rope-making are also carried on. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Southwell; gross value, £600 with residence. The church is modern, and in the Early Decorated style. There are Wesleyan, Congregational, and Primitive Methodist chapels. There is also a mission room, erected in 1886, a mechanics' institution, with library and reading rooms, and a cemetery.