CLAYPOLE, a parish in the wapentake of LOVEDEN, parts of KESTEVEN, county of LINCOLN, 5 miles (S. E.) from Newark, containing 605 inhabitants. The living is a rectory in medieties, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Lincoln; the north mediety is rated in the king's books at £16. 8.4., and the south at £15. 15.; they are in the patronage of J. Plumtre, Esq. The church, dedicated to St. Peter, is an ancient structure, with a tower surmounted by a spire. There is a place of worship for Wesleyan Methodists. Charles Gretton, in 1727, endowed a school for the instruction of ten boys, with a rent-charge of £ 9 per annum, subject to a deduction of £2. 10.