COLSTON-BASSET, a parish in the southern division
of the wapentake of BINGHAM, county of NOTTINGHAM,
10 miles (S. B. by B.) from Nottingham, containing
310 inhabitants. The living is a vicarage, in
the archdeaconry of Nottingham, and diocese of York,
rated in the king's books at £8. 7- 6., and in the patronage
of the Crown. The church, dedicated to St.
Mary, is an ancient cruciform structure, standing on a
hill at a short distance from the village.