"[Hawton,] 2 miles south-south-west of Newark, is a scattered village and parish pleasantly situated on the River Devon, comprising 227 inhabitants, and  of land, mostly belonging to Robert Holden Esq., of Nuthall Temple. The Duke of Newcastle and Thomas Scales have small estates here, which was soc to Newark, to which this parish adjoins, near the extensive linen manufactory called Hawton's Mills. The church, dedicated to All Saints, is in the early style of English architecture, and contains some ancient monuments of the Molyneaux family, also a few handsome marble ones to the Holdens, whose family vault is here.
Hawton, a small village and parish situated 2 miles southwest of Newark on the River Devon, has a population of 227 people. The land primarily belongs to Robert Holden Esq., of Nuthall Temple.  The Duke of Newcastle and Thomas Scales also have estates in Hawton, which was once part of Newark. The village is near Hawton's Mills, an extensive linen mill. The church at Hawton is from the early English architectural style and contains ancient monuments belonging to the Molyneaux family as well as marble memorials for the Holdens, whose vault is located here.