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Scredington (St. Andrew)

SCREDINGTON (St. Andrew), a parish, in the union of Sleaford, wapentake of Aswardhurn, parts of Kesteven, county of Lincoln, 4¼ miles (S. E. by S.) from Sleaford; containing 364 inhabitants, and consisting of 2593 acres. The living is a discharged vicarage, in the patronage of the Dean and Chapter of Lincoln (the appropriators), valued in the king's books at £6. 15. 4.; net income, £80. The tithes were commuted for land in 1796; the glebe comprises 150 acres. The church is a plain edifice, in a state of partial dilapidation. There is a place of worship for Wesleyans. An allotment of land now producing £20 per annum was given to the poor at the time of the inclosure.

Transcribed from A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858.

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