MUSKHAM (SOUTH), a parish in the northern
division of the wapentake of THURGARTON, county of
NOTTINGHAM, 2? miles (N.) from Newark, containing,
with the hamlet of South Carlton, 278 inhabitants. The
living is a discharged vicarage, in the peculiar jurisdiction
of the Chapter of the Collegiate Church of
Southwell, rated in the king's books at £4, and in
the patronage of the Prebendary of South Muskham
in the Collegiate Church of Southwell. The church
is dedicated to St. Wilfrid. The parish is bounded on
the east and south by the river Trent, which is crossed
by a bridge leading towards Newark'.