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White's Directory of Nottinghamshire, 1853

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South Wheatley

South Wheatley is a small parish containing only three farm houses, three cottages, 34 inhabitants, and 864 acres of land principally belonglng to William Mason, Esq., 5½ miles N.E. of Retford, and seperated from North Wheatley by a rivulet which runs through a deep and narrow valley. The Church, dedicated to St. Helen, is a small structure, with a tower, and three bells, situate on an eminence near the houses. The living is a rectory, valued in the King's books at £6. 14s. 2d., now £140., discharged from the payment of first fruits. It was anciently of the fee of Roger de Eusli, and "formed part of the chapelry of Tykhill," but is now in the patronage of the Chapter of Southwell; the Rev Thomas Henry Shepherd, M.A., is the incumbent. Geo Savile Foljambe, Esq., is lord of the manor, which is mostly freehold. Gypsum is found in great abundance, and is used for the foundation of roads, which, when calcined makes good floors, etc. The resident farmers are Geo. Hardy aud William Radford; and William Fillingham, joiner.

[Transcribed by Clive Henly]