Syston (St. Mary)
SYSTON (St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Newark, wapentake of Loveden, parts of Kesteven, county of Lincoln, 3¼ miles (N. N. E.) from Grantham; containing 226 inhabitants. The parish is bounded on the east by the Ermin-street, and comprises 1864a. 3r. The Hall, which stands on the summit of a hill, and commands very extensive prospects, is surrounded by a beautiful park and gardens, containing together more than 500 acres: the library is one of the finest collections in the country. The living is a vicarage; net income, £83; patron and impropriator, Sir J. C. Thorold, Bart. The church has portions in the Norman and early English styles; in the chancel are four mural monuments to members of the Thorold family. The church and burialground, with the distant woods of Jericho, are celebrated by Sir Walter Scott, under the name of Willingham, in his Heart of Mid-Lothian.
Transcribed from A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858.