Description
Witham, South, a parish, with a village, in Lincolnshire, on the river Witham, having a station on the M.R., 11 miles S from Grantham. It has a post, money order, and telegraph office under Grantham. Acreage, 1764; population, 575. There is a parish council consisting of five members. The manor belongs to the Earl of Dysart. A preceptory of Knights Templars was founded here in 1164. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lincoln; gross value, £220 with residence. Patron, The Earl of Dysart. The church was originally cruciform, but consists now of only nave and transept. There are Wesleyan and Congregational chapels.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5
