Potter Hanworth, Lincolnshire

Description
Potter Hanworth, a village and a parish in Lincolnshire. The village has a station on the Great Eastern and Great Northern Joint railway from Spalding to Doncaster, and is 6 miles SE by E of Lincoln. It has a post office under Lincoln; money order and telegraph office, Branston. The parish contains also the hamlet of Booths, and comprises 3573 acres; population, 430. There is a parish council consisting of five-members. The manor belongs to Christ's Hospital, Lincoln. Some Roman pottery was found here in 1856. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lincoln; gross value,. £710 with residence. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church was rebuilt, with the exception of the tower, in 1857,. and is a building of stone in the Decorated style. It has a memorial window to Sir John Campbell, Lord Chancellor of England, which was presented by the Hon. Louise Madeline, his daughter. There are Primitive Methodist and Wesleyan chapels. The parish possesses some valuable charities, which are devoted chiefly to education.