Description
Wheatley, North, a parish, with a village, in Notts, 1 1/2 mile NW of Sturton railway station on the M.S. & L.R., and 5 miles NE of East Retford. Post town, East Retford; money order and telegraph office, Sturton-le-Steeple. Acreage, 2191; population, 400. There is a parish council of seven members. The manor belongs to Lord Middleton. The living is a rectory, united with South Wheatley and West Burton, in the diocese of Southwell; joint net value, £480 with residence. The church is in the Late Perpendicular style, and consists of chancel, nave, and embattled western tower. There are Primitive Methodist and Wesleyan chapels.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5
