CLAREBOROUGH, a parish in the North-clay
division of the wapentake of BASSETLAW, county of
NOTTINGHAM, 2 miles (N. E.byE.) from East Retford,
containing 1929 inhabitants. The living is a discharged
vicarage, in the archdeaconry of Nottingham, and diocese
of York, rated in the king's books at £9. 15. 4.,
and in the patronage of the Duke of Devonshire. The
ohurch, dedicated to St. John the Baptist, is a small edifice,
built by Sewell, Archbishop of York, in 1258. The
Chesterfield canal passes through the parish. At Bolam
are the remains of an ancient chapel, and some caves
hewn in the rock, in which many of the inhabitants
reside.