FLINTHAM, a parish in the northern division of
the wapentake of BINGHAM, county of NOTTINGHAM, 6
miles (S/W.) from Newark, containing 546 inhabitants.
The living is a discharged vicarage, in the archdeaconry
of Nottingham, and diocese of York, rated in the
king's books at £6. 2. 6., endowed with £400 private
benefaction, and £400 royal bounty, and in the
patronage of the Master and Fellows of Trinity College,
Cambridge. The church is a spacious edifice dedicated
to St. Augustine. There is a place of worship for Wesleyan
Methodists. In 1727, Robert Hacker bequeathed
certain lands, the income of which, about £20 per
annum, is applied to the instruction of children: the
school-house was erected in 1779 Harleford ferry over
the Trer,t to Bleasby is in this parish. The village, which
is of a considerable size, is situated near the fosse, or
Roman road; several urns and coins have been found.