Reston, South (St. Edith)
RESTON, SOUTH (St. Edith), a parish, in the union of Louth, Marsh division of the hundred of Calceworth, parts of Lindsey, county of Lincoln, 6¼ miles (N. W. by N.) from Alford, on the road to Louth; containing 182 inhabitants. The living is a discharged rectory, valued in the king's books at £5. 10. 2½., and in the patronage of the Crown, in right of the duchy of Lancaster; net income, £110. The tithes were commuted for about 100 acres of land in 1771. The church is a small modern structure. There is a place of worship for Wesleyans, built in 1837. The poor have an allotment of three acres, awarded at the inclosure of the parish in 1771, and now let for £3. 10. per annum: the church land consists of three acres and a half.
Transcribed from A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858.