COLWICK, a parish in the southern division of the
wapentake of THORGARTON, county of NOTTINGHAM,
2 miles (E.) from Nottingham, containing 120 inhabitants.
The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of
Nottingham, and diocese of York, rated in the king's
books at £6.1. 0., and in the patronage of J. Musters,
Esq. The church is dedicated to St. John the Baptist.
A school was founded by the Rev. William Thompson,
late rector, with an endowment of £20 per annum.
The navigable river Trent flows through this parish.