KIRKTON, a parish in the South-clay division of the
wapentalce of BASSETLAW, county of NOTTINGHAM, 2
miles (N. E. by E.) from Ollerton, containing 200 inhabitants.
The living is a rectory, in the peculiar jurisdiction
of the Sub-Dean of Lincoln, rated in the king's
books at £7. 14. 9., and in the patronage of the Duke
of Newcastle. The church is dedicated to the Holy
Trinity.