RADFORD, a parish in the southern division of
the wapentake of BROXTOW, county of NOTTINGHAM, 1
mile (W. by N.) from Nottingham, containing 4806 inhabitants.
The living is a discharged vicarage, in the
archdeaconry of Nottingham, and diocese of York, rated
in the king's books at £3. 9. 4., endowed with £200
royal bounty, and in the patronage of the Crown.
The church, dedicated to St. Peter, has lately received
an addition of one hundred sittings, of which fifty are
free, the Incorporated Society for the enlargement of
churches and chapels having granted £100 towards
defraying the expense. Various branches of manufacture,
similar to those at Nottingham, are carried on here
to a considerable extent. A priory of Black canons,
was founded here, about 1102, by William de Luvitot,
which, at the dissolution, had a revenue of £302. 6. 10.