MARKHAM, a parish in the South-clay division of the wapentake of BASSETLAW, county of NOTTINGHAM 1 \ mile (N.) from Tuxford, containing, with the chapelry of West Drayton, 756 inhabitants. The living is a vicarage, in the archdeaconry of Nottingham, and diocese of York, rated in the king's books at £11. 18. Hi. The Duke of Newcastle was patron in 1811. The church, dedicated to St. John the Baptist, is a large ancient structure, with a lofty embattled tower, and contains a monument to the memory of Judge Markham, erected in 1409. There is a place of worship for Wesleyan Methodists. James Gunthorpe, in 1706, and William Dunston, in 1713, bequeathed rent-charges of £5 each towards the support of a school, in which twenty children are clothed and educated, the deficiency being supplied by voluntary contributions. "'; MARKHAM (WEST), a parish in the South-clay division of the wapentake of BASSETLAW, county of NOTTINGHAM, 1 mile (N. W.) from Tuxford, containing 209 inhabitants. The living is a vicarage, with that of Bevercoates united, in the archdeaconry of Nottingham, and diocese of York, rated in the king's books at £7.12.1., and in the patronage of the Archbishop of York. The1 church is dedicated to All Saints. Richard Miller, in 1721, left an annuity of £8 for the instruction of poor children. Sir John Markham, Chief Justice of the King's Bench in the reign of Edward IV., and remarkable for his integrity and impartiality in the discharge of his official duties, was born here.