SKEGBY, a parish in the northern division of the
wapentake of BROXTOW, county of NOTTINGHAM, 3
miles (W.) from Mansfield, containing 584 inhabitants.
The living is a perpetual curacy, annexed to that of
Mansfield-Woodhouse, in the archdeaconry of Nottingham,
and diocese of York, endowed with £600 royal
bounty, and £ 1400 parliamentary grant. The church is a
small stone edifice, in a very dilapidated state, situated
on an eminence some distance from the village. The
manufacture of earthenware is carried on here, and on
Skegby moor are extensive collieries.