WALESBY, (Nottinghamshire) on the S.W. side of Tuxford and the Markhams, bel. once to the K's. manor of Grimston, and afterwards had the same Lds. as Kirkton; but at length bel. for most part to the mon. of Rufford, and at the Diss. was given to the Earl of Shrewsbury. Its Ch. or rather chapelry, was a part of the chapelry of Blythe, and afterwards a member of the K's. free-chapel of Tickhill.