Description
Askham, a parish and a village in Notts, 3 miles WSW of Tuxford railway station, and 5 SE of East Retford. It includes the hamlet of Rockley, and its post town is Tuxford, under Newark. Acreage, 1312; population, 219. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Southwell; gross value, £184 with residence. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of York. The church is of mixed styles of architecture, part being Norman.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5
