CLAYWORTH, a parish in the North-clay division of the wapentake of BASSETLAW, county of NOTTINGHAM, 6 miles (N. N. E.) from East Retford, containing, with the township of Wiseton, 557 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Nottingham, and diocese of York, rated in the king's books at £ 26. 10. 10., and in the patronage of the Dean of Lincoln. The church is dedicated to St. Peter. There is a place of worship for Wesleyan Methodists. The Rev. William Sampson, in 1700, bequeathed land now producing £58 per annum, to endow a school for the instruction of six boys: there is an orchard, the gift of Christopher Johnson, in 1707, in the possession of the master, who enjoys a salary of £48 per annum, with a house for his residence, the last having been devised by Francis Otter, in 1813, for instructing one boy; thirteen boys are educated upon this foundation. The Chesterfield canal passes through this parish.