Description

Baston, a village and a large parish in Lincolnshire, 3 1/2 miles NNW of Market-Deeping, and 2 1/2 NW from Thurlby station on the G.N.R., with a post and money order office under Market-Deeping, which is the telegraph office. Acreage, 2514; population, 656. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lincoln; net value, £206 with residence, in the gift of the Lord Chancellor. The church is an ancient building of stone. There is a Wesleyan chapel and a few small charities.