WALKERINGHAM, a parish in the North-clay
division of the wapentake of BASSETLAW, county of
NOTTINGHAM, 4 miles (N. W. by W.) from Gainsborough,
containing 518 inhabitants. The living is a
discharged vicarage, in the peculiar jurisdiction of the
manorial court of Gringley on the Hill, rated in the
king's books at £7. 11. 4., and in the patronage of the
Master and Fellows of Trinity College, Cambridge.
The church is dedicated to St. Mary Magdalene. There
is a place of worship for Wesleyan Methodists. The
Chesterfield canal passes through the parish, and the
river Trent forms the eastern boundary, where there
is a ferry. Robert Woodhouse, in 1719, bequeathed a
rent-charge of £15 for teaching poor children, and
another of £ 1 for providing books.