Basford is a suburb on the north side of Nottingham. It is part of the City of Nottingham. It was never part of Basford Rural District Council. There is both an ‘Old Basford’ and a ‘New Basford’ although New Basford is mainly Victorian. Basford lies close to the River Leen, a tributary of the River Trent. Basford is located on the main route of the Nottingham Express Transit, which connects it to Nottingham city centre to the south and Hucknall and Bulwell to the north. It has been suggested that Suburbia be merged into this article or section. ... Nottingham is a city and county town of Nottinghamshire, in the East Midlands of England. ... The River Leen rises in the Robin Hood Hills just outside Kirkby in Ashfield. ... The River Trent is one of the major rivers of England. ... A tram in downtown Nottingham. ... Map sources for Hucknall at grid reference SK534493 Hucknall, formerly known as Hucknall Torkard, is a town in Nottinghamshire, England, in the district of Ashfield. ... Bulwell lies approximately four and a half miles to the North-west of Nottingham City Centre. ...

Close to Basford Registry Office, is the site of a former workhouse, this was used for Basford and the neighbouring parish. The workhouse later became a maternity hospital and then a psychiatric hospital. The hospital is due to be demolished. The Poor Law was the system for the provision of social security in operation in England and the United Kingdom from the 16th century until the establishment of the Welfare State in the 20th century. ... A parish is a subdivision of a diocese or bishopric within the Roman Catholic Church, the Anglican Communion, the Eastern Orthodox Church, the Church of Sweden, and of some other churches. ... Maternity is the social and legal acknowledgment of the parental relationship between a mother and her child. ... A psychiatric hospital (also called at various places and times, mental hospital, mental ward, asylum, insane asylum, lunatic asylum, or colloquially nut house, funny farm, and other synonyms listed below) is a hospital specialising in the treatment of persons with mental illness. ...