HAWKSWORTH, a parish in the northern division
of the wapentake of BINGHAM, county of NOTTINGHAM
8 miles (S. W. by S.) from Newark, containing 215 inhabitants.
The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of
Nottingham, and diocese of York, rated in the king's
books at £8. 13. 9. John Storer, M.D., was patron in
1808. The church, which is dedicated to St. Mary and
All Saints, is a neat edifice, having the dedication stone
preserved over the west door, bearing a Latin inscription
in Saxon characters. This parish is in the honour
of Tutbury, duchy of Lancaster, and within the jurisdiction
of a court of pleas held at Tutbury every third
Tuesday, for the recovery of debts under 40s.