COTHAM, a parish in the southern division of the
wapentake of NEWARK, county of NOTTINGHAM, 4
miles (S.) from Newark, containing 74 inhabitants. The
living is a discharged vicarage, in the archdeaconry of
Nottingham, and diocese of York, rated in the king's
books at £7. 18., endowed with £400 royal bounty,
and in the patronage of the Duke of Portland. The
church, dedicated to St. Michael, is a small dilapidated
building.