WESTON, a parish in the northern division of the
wapentake of THURGARTON, county of NOTTINGHAM
3 miles (S. E.) from Tuxford, containing 300 inhabit
ants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of
Nottingham, and diocese of York, rated in the king's
books at £19. 2. 11., and in the patronage of Earl
Manvers. The church, dedicated to All Saints, exhibits
specimens of various styles of architecture. Richard
Hawksworth, in 1736, bequeathed £50 for erecting a
school-house, and £100 towards its endowment, for
the education of ten poor children. Weston 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.