South Witham, Lincolnshire
Historical Description
Witham, South, a parish, with a village, in Lincolnshire, on the river Witham, having a station on the M.R., 11 miles S from Grantham. It has a post, money order, and telegraph office under Grantham. Acreage, 1764; population, 575. There is a parish council consisting of five members. The manor belongs to the Earl of Dysart. A preceptory of Knights Templars was founded here in 1164. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lincoln; gross value, £220 with residence. Patron, The Earl of Dysart. The church was originally cruciform, but consists now of only nave and transept. There are Wesleyan and Congregational chapels.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Lincolnshire | |
Ecclesiastical parish | South Witham St. John the Baptist | |
Poor Law union | Grantham | |
Wapentake | Beltisloe |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Church Records
Findmypast, in conjunction with the Lincolnshire Archives, have the following parish records online for South Witham:
Baptisms | Banns | Marriages | Burials |
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1687-1887 | 1687-1837 | 1687-1812 |
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for South Witham from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Witham, South (St. John the Baptist))
Maps
Online maps of South Witham are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Lincolnshire papers online: