CLAYWORTH, a township and a parish in East Retford district, Notts. The township lies on the Chesterfield canal, 4¾ miles E of Ranskill r. station, and 6 NNE of East Retford; includes part of Drakeshole hamlet; and has a post office under Bawtry. Pop., 414. Houses, 105. The parish contains also the township of Wyeston. Acres, 3, 080. Real property, £3, 679. Pop., 538. Houses, 129. The property is much subdivided. Wyeston Hall, a seat of Earl Spencer, is a handsome edifice, amid grounds commanding an extensive view. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £550. Patron, the Bishop of Lincoln. The church is ancient, with a tower; and was reported in 1859 as not good. There is a Wesleyan chapel. A school has £64 from endowment; and other charities £8.

(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))