BLEASBY, a parish in that part of the liberty of
SOUTHWELL-and-SCROOBY which separates the northern
from the southern division of the wapentake of Thurgarton,
county of NOTTINGHAM, 3 miles (S.S.E.) from
Southwell,. containing 29Q inhabitants. The living is
a discharged vicarage, in the peculiar jurisdiction and
patronage of the Chapter of the Collegiate Church of
Southwell, rated in the king's books at £4, and endowed'
with £200 royal bounty. The church, dedicated to St.
Mary, is an ancient edifice, in very good repair. The
village occupies a secluded situation on the western side
of the river Trent, over which there is a ferry. The
free grammar school at East Retford has considerable
property in this parish.