The result is a community separate from Nottingham, with no ties of governance to it. In Nottingham, West Bridgford was sometimes dubbed "Bread and Lard Island", implying that its people had spent so much on big houses and fur coats that they could only afford to eat bread and lard.The Independent It grew from a small village in the mid-19th century into a town of over 48,000 inhabitants by 2018.
