The dual-carriageway £964,000 (equivalent to £22,680,000 in 2023),[3] five-mile section of the A1 from Chequer House (Ranby) to Blyth opened in August 1966.

In 1286 Thomas Russel had to be returned to Rouen because of his intolerable conduct and also John de Belleville, as the climate did not suit him.

[3] After the Dissolution the east part of the church was demolished and a tower built at the west end of the nave.

His son Edward, a merchant in Portugal, returned to England in 1671 and in 1684 commissioned the demolition of the old priory and the building of Blyth Hall immediately north of the church.

The hall stood at approximately 53°22'45.39"N 1° 3'48.46"W.[5] He was High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire for 1692–93 and died unmarried in 1703, leaving the property to Joseph Mellish, his cousin's son.

At the end of the 19th century the hall was bought by Francis Willey, 1st Baron Barnby, a Bradford wool merchant.

He was High Sheriff for 1908–09 and was succeeded by his son Vernon Willey, 2nd Baron Barnby, who was the MP for South Bradford.