a market-town in the parish of Blythe, in the wapentake of Strafforth and Tickhill, in the West Riding of Yorkshire. It stands on the river Idle, which empties itself into the Trent, by which it carries on some trade. It is 155 miles from London, on the great road to Scotland, and has a good market on Saturday, and a smaller one on Wednesday. The inhabitants, in 1801, were 798; in 1811, 918; and in 1821, 1027.