BOLE, a parish in the Northclay division of the
wapentake of BASSETLAW, county of NOTTINGHAM, 3
miles (S.W. by S.) from Gainsborough, containing 193
inhabitants. The living is a discharged vicarage, in the
peculiar jurisdiction of the Prebendary of Bole in the
Cathedral Church of York, rated in the king's books
at £4. 13. 4., endowed with £200 royal bounty, and in
the patronage of the Dean and Chapter of York. The
church is dedicated to St. Martin. Bole ferry, across
the Trent, is about a mile distant. William Nettleship,
in J?80, gave a small rent-charge for the instruction
of four poor children.