a small market-town of the county of Nottingham, in the hundred of Bassetlaw; a part of the parish of Edwinston, of which it is a chapelry. It is 133 miles from London, and thirteen from Nottingham, and has a market, which is held on Friday. The population amounted in 1801 to 439, in 1811 to 462, in 1821 to 576, and in 1831 to 658.