Moorgate
MOORGATE, a hamlet, in the parish of Clareborough, union of East Retford, North Clay division of the wapentake of Bassetlaw, N. division of the county of Nottingham; containing 1007 inhabitants. This hamlet, which includes Spittal hill, forms a handsome suburb of East Retford: within the last sixty years the buildings have been greatly augmented. The land is chiefly in grass, or divided into gardens, except the common, which was inclosed in 1799. A very handsome chapel of ease was built in 1829. The tithes of the hamlet and of Bollom have been commuted for £80, and £68, payable respectively to the impropriator and the vicar of Clareborough, the latter of whom has 4¼ acres of glebe here.
Transcribed from A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858.