CARLTON-in-LINDRICK, a parish in the Hatfield
division of the wapentake of BASSETLAW, county of
NOTTINGHAM, 3 miles (N. by B.) from Worksop, containing
888 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the
archdeaconry of Nottingham, and diocese of York, rated
in the king's books at £15. 13.4., and in the patronage
of the Archbishop of York. The church, dedicated to St.
John, is a large structure principally in the Norman
style of architecture. This appears to have been 3
place of some importance before the Conquest, from the
many vestiges of antiquity still visible. A considerable
trade is carried on in malt, which is chiefly disposed
of at Manchester and Stockport.