WARSOP, a parish in the Hatfield division of the wapentake of BASSETLAW, county of NOTTINGHAM, 5 miles (N. N. E.) from Mansfield, containing, with the township of Sokeholme, 1141 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Nottingham, and diocese of York, rated in the king's books at £22. 15. 2., and in the patronage of H. G. Knight, Esq. The church is dedicated to St. Peter and St. Paul. A part of this parish is within the peculiar jurisdiction of the manorial court of Mansfield. The river Meden runs through it, and the village, a considerable place, has been formed into divisions, called Church-Warsop and Market-Warsop. Fairs for cattle and horses are held on May 21st and November 17th. Thomas Whiteman, in 1811, bequeathed £400, now producing £15. 15.,per annum, for which twenty-five children are instructed. Dr, Samuel Halifax, Bishop of St. Asaph, died also rector of this parish, in 1790.