BEESTON, a parish in the southern division of the
wapentake of BROXTOW, county of NOTTINGHAM, Sfmiles
(S. W. by W.) from Nottingham, containing 1534
inhabitants. The living is a discharged vicarage, in
the archdeaconry of Nottingham, and diocese of York,
rated in the king's books at £4. 15., and in the patronage
of the Duke of Devonshire. The church is dedicated
to St. John the Baptist. The inhabitants are principally
employed in the manufacture of hosiery and
lace: a large silk-mill has also recently been erected.
A branch of the Nottingham canal, called Beeston Cut,
crosses the parish on the south-east, to its junction
with the Trent. Considerable portions of a Roman
road, uniting with the " old Coventry road " in the adjoining
parish of Attenborough, and the remains of an
ancient building, are discernible here. There are some
wells in the village, the water of which is slightly chalybeate.