WHEATLEY (NORTH), a parish in the North-clay division of the wapentake of BASSETLAW, county of NOTTINGHAM, 5 miles (N. E.) from East Retford, containing 441 inhabitants. The living is a discharged vicarage, in the archdeaconry of Nottingham, and diocese of York, rated in the king's books at £3. 18. 11., and in the patronage of Lord Middleton. The church is dedicated to St. Peter. There is a place of worship for Wesleyan Methodists. The Roman road from Doncaster to Lincoln passes through the parish. Four children are educated for a trifling annuity, the bequest of Thomas James. A National school, in connexion with the parent institution, has been established here.