DUNHAM, a parish in the South-clay division of
the wapentake of BASSETLAW, county of NOTTINGHAM,
5 miles (N. E. by E.) fromTuxford, containing, with the
chapelry of Ragnall, 415 inhabitants. The living is a discharged
vicarage, rated in the king's books at £4. 13.4.,
and in the peculiar jurisdiction and patronage of the
Prebendary of Dunham in the Collegiate Church of
Southwell, The church is dedicated to St. Oswald.
There is a chapel of ease at Darlton, in this parish.
Dunham once enjoyed the privilege of a market, which
is now disused; but there is a fair for cattle and
merchandise on the 12th of August. The river Trent
runs through the parish, and frequently inundates the
village, sometimes to the depth of ten feet, causing considerable
damage to the buildings; the inhabitants on
such occasions communicate with each other and carry
on their traffic through the streets by means of boats,
almost every house having one attached to it for the
purpose.