KEYWORTH, a parish in the northern division of
the wapentake of RUSHCLIFFE, county of NOTTINGHAM,
64 miles (S.S.E.) from Nottingham, containing 454 inhabitants.
The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry
of Nottingham, and diocese of York, rated in the king's
books at £7. 5., and in the patronage of H. Keyworth,
Esq. The church, dedicated to St. Mary Magdalene, has
a curious tower, with one smaller erected upon it. There
are places of worship for Independents. 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.