THORNEY, a parish in the northern division of
the wapentake of NEWARK, county of NOTTINGHAM,
8 miles (E. by N.) from Tuxford, containing, with the
hamlets of Broadholme and Wiggesley, 264 inhabitants.
The living is a discharged vicarage, in the archdeaconry
of Nottingham, and diocese of York, rated in the king's
books at £4. 7. 6., endowed with £400 royal bounty,
and in the patronage of Nevile George Nevile, Esq.
The church is dedicated to St. Helen. The Fosse-Dyke
canal borders on the parish.