KELHAM, a parish in the northern division of the wapentake of THURGARTON, county of NOTTINGHAM, 2 miles (N.W. by W.) from Newark, containing 199 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, annexed to that of Averham, in the archdeaconry of Nottingham, and diocese of York, rated in the king's books at £ 19. 8. 4., and in the patronage of John Henry Manners Button, a minor. The church, dedicated to iSt. Wilfrid, is in the later style of English architecture, with a little screenwork, and some ancient stained glass. Here is a bridge across the Trent, on the left bank of which river the village is situated.