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Wheatley, North (St. Peter)

WHEATLEY, NORTH (St. Peter), a parish, in the union of East Retford, North-Clay division of the wapentake of Bassetlaw, N. division of the county of Nottingham, 5¼ miles (N. E.) from East Retford; containing 424 inhabitants. It comprises by measurement 2144 acres: the soil is fertile, producing wheat much esteemed for its quality; and there are some quarries of gypsum. The village is pleasantly situated on the south side of the road to Gainsborough. The living is a discharged vicarage, valued in the king's books at £3. 18. 11½., and in the gift of Lord Middleton: the great tithes were commuted for £370, and the vicarial for £246. 13.; the glebe comprises 23 acres. The chancel of the church was rebuilt in 1824. There is a place of worship for Wesleyans.

Transcribed from A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858.

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