72 Barton-in-Fabis. F' • BARTON-IN-FABIS is a parish and small village on the south side of the river Trent, at the point where that river first enters Nottinghamshire, after receiving- the Erewash, 6 miles S.W. of Nottingham, Rnd 5 miles N.E. from Kegworth Railway station. The parish is in Basfard union, Nottingham county court district and bankruptcy court district, Rushcliffe wapentake, Nottingham petty sessional division,Ruddington polling district, Rushcli.ffe parliamentary division of the county, West Bingham rural deanery, Nottingham archdeaconry, and Southwell diocese. It had 276 inhabitants in 1881, and comprises 1620 acres of land: the rateable value is £2694. At the enclosure in 1759, 150 acres (in addition to 65 acres of old glebe, and 3 acres of church land), were allotted in lieu of tithes. H. R. Clifton, Esq., D.L.,is lord of the manor and sole owner. The parish formerly was caUed Bertune, and was of the fee of Ralph Fitzhubert, except that portion called Gerbodthorpe [Garbythorpe], which was of the Pevere! fee; the latter was held by Gerbod de Eschaud, who annexed it to Clifton re~tory, which now receives a yearly modus of £25 from this parish. Barton Lodge, erected in 1839 by Lieut.-General Sir Arthur B. Clifton, is the residence of T. Hill, Esq., J.P. On the south side of th.e village is a lofty eminence called Brentshill, supposed to have been a Roman camp. In the vicarage farm-yard are the remains of a Roman pavement. Barton was anciently famous for' its lords, the Sacheverels, who lived here for two hundred years. Of this family, Sir Henry Sacheverel was twice sheriff in the reign of Henry VIll, and William Sacheverel represented the town of Nottingham in several successive parliaments. The CHURCH (St. George) is in tlie Late Decorated style, and consists of nave, with clerestory, aisle, chancel, and an embattled tower with spire containing two bells. Though five hundred years old this church is in excellent preservation. The chancel contains several monuments to the Sacheverel family, also an organ, placed in 1883 bythe present rector. The living is a rectory, valued in R.B. at £1938.9d., and now at £375, in the patronage of the Lord Chancellor, and in the incumbency of the R v. Christopher Albert Hodgson. The PARISH SCHOOL was enlarged about sixteen years ago, and a house for the mistress was erected in 1882. The interest of £20, poor's money, is distributed every three or four years. POST OFFICE at Mr. Henry Oliver's. Letters arrive at 9 a.m., and are despatched at 5.30 p.m. (week days only), via Nottingham, but Long Eaton is the nearest Money Order and Telegraph Office. Baker Jl1bez, (Green & B.) j _and min- Hardy Mrs Jane, cottageI'· OliveI' Henry, blacksmith and sub- ing engineer, Nottingham i..:._ Harrison John, cottageI' postmaster Barrow Mrs Isabella, cottager Hickling James, milk seller Priestley John, cottager Barrow John, cottager Hill Thos. Esq., J.P., Barton lodge Priestley William, cottager Barrow Mrs Mary, cottager Hodgson Rev. Christopher Albert, Priestley William, wheelwright £arrow Richard, gamekeeper B.A., rector, The Rectory Rice George, cottageI' Brogdale John, cottager Holbrook Robert, fi11'mer Smith Samuel, cottager Carver Thomas, farmer, Manor house Holmes Hy. shopkeeper & parishclel'k Tacey Wm. cottageI' and carrier ChamberlainWilliam, cottager Morley Enoch, cottager Thompson Robert, farmer Collington Mrs Margaret, cottager Morley William, cottageI' Treece Mrs Elizabeth Crawford John HeDl'J, farmer Musson Miss Elizabeth, cottager Wilkinson Richard, shopkeeper Greaves William, farmer Newman Miss Mary, schoolmistress Woodward Jarvis, carrier Green & Baker, proprietors of the North John, cottageI' Barton plaster mines North Samuel, cottager CARRIERs-Wm. Tacey &JarvisWood­ Green Henry, (G. & Baker), & farmer ward, to Nottingham, Wed. and Sat. BASFORD. (See Nottingham.) BATRLEY is a township and village one mile W. of North Muskham, and is in North Muskham ancient parish, Southwell union, Newark county court district, Nottingham bankruptcy court district, Thur­ garton wapentake, Newark petty sessional division, Norwell polling district, Newark parliamentary division of the county, and North Muskham ecclesiastical district. It had 169 inhabitants in 1881, and comprises about 1202 acres of land: the rateable value is £1569. J. T. Edge, Esq., is the principal owner of the soil, and lord of the manor. A METHODIST CHAPEL was erected here in 1844. POST from Newark. :Brown John, farmer and owner Goodman Richard, farmer Hough J ahn, blacksmith Capps Andrew, farmer and owner Hallam George, farmer, Bathley vilIa. Marriott Mrs Mary Ann, shopkeeper Carter Freeman, blacksmith Hallam , farmer Newstead John, victualler, Crown Foster J ames, farmer, Bathley grange Hough Andrew, macho owner & shpkpr White Samuel, miller Goodman John, farmer BECKINGHAl\f is a pal'ish and well-built village, having a station on the Doncaster and Lincoln branch of the Great Northern Railway, 9 miles E. by S. of Bawtry, 8~ miles N. by E. of Retford, and 3 miles W. of Gainsborough. The parish, which extends eastwardto the Trent, is in Gainsborough union and county court district, Lincolnbankruptcycourt district, Southwell and Scrooby liberty ofBassetlawwapentake, Retfordpetty;. sessional division, Gringley-on-the-Hill pollingdistrict, Bassetlawparliamentary division ofthe county, Retford rural deanery, Nottingham archdeaconry, and Southwell diocese. It had 448 inhabitants in 1881, and com­ prises 3010acres of land: the rateable value is £5770. SamuelHarrison, Esq., ofEverton, is lordofthe manor, and the principal owners are the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, Charles Cross, Esq., the executors of the late Mr. J ames Cross, Mrs. Mary Jane Rodgers, Mr. T. D. Wilson, Sir Charles H. Anderson, Mrs. A. H. Tong, Mrs. Wraith, and ¥rs. Robinson. At the time of the Domesday survey, 'Beckingham was a bem of Laneham; the Archbishop of York's soc;' and in 1316 the king and the chapter of Southwell were its joint lords; the latter received at the enclosure in 1779, an allotment of 198A. lR. 2lp. of land, for their manorial rights, when 194.A. 3R. 7p. was allotted to the Prebendary of Becking-ham, in Southwell collegiate church, and 53A. 3R. 38p. to the vicar in lieu of the tithes of the parish. The vicar has altogether 74 acres of land, and.