LANEHAM, a parish within the liberty of SOUTHWELL-and-SCROOBY,
though locally in the South-clay
division of the wapentake of Bassetlaw, county of
NOTTINGHAM, 6 miles (N.E. by E.) from Tvixford, containing
347 inhabitants. The living is a discharged
vicarage, in the peculiar jurisdiction and patronage of
the Dean and Chapter of York, rated in the king's books
at £ 5. 3. 4., and endowed with £400 royal bounty. The
church is dedicated to St. Peter. The river Trent runs
through the parish.