 According to Francis White's "Directory of Nottinghamshire" of 1853, Gonalston... ""is a small rural village and parish, near the Dover Beck, south-south-west of Southwell, containing 100 inhabitants and of land, enclosed in 1768, when were allotted for the tithes.John Francklin Esq.owns the whole lordship, and is patron of the rectory, which is valued in the King's books at £7 19s 2d, now £324, and is enjoyed by the Rev.