ASKHAM, a chapelry in the parish of EAST-DRAYTON,
within the liberty of SOUTHWELL-and-SCROOBY,
which is locally in the South-clay division of the hundred
of Bassetlaw, county of NOTTINGHAM, 2 miles
(N.) from Tuxford, containing 270 inhabitants. The living
is a perpetual curacy, in the peculiar jurisdiction
of the Dean and Chapter of York, and in the patronage
of the Vicar of East Drayton. Hops are cultivated
here. There are almshouses for six widows.