HEADON, a parish in the South-clay division of
the wapentake of BASSETLAW, county of NOTTINGHAM,
4 miles (S.E,) from East Retford, containing, with the
hamlet of Upton, 241 inhabitants. The living comprises
a rectory and a discharged vicarage, in the archdeaconry
of Nottingham, and diocese of York, rated
jointly in the Icing's books at £19. 15. 10., endowed
with £200 private benefaction, £200 royal bounty, and
£200 parliamentary grant, and in the patronage of A.
Eyre, Esq. The church is dedicated to St. Peter.