a town of Lincolnshire, 110 miles N. from London, situated on the river Witham. It is supposed to have been a Roman town by the remains of a castle which have been formerly dug up here. It is governed by an alderman and 12 justices of the peace, a recorder, a coroner, &c. Here is a fine large church with a stone spire, one of the loftiest in England, being 288 feet high, and, by the deception of the sight, seems to stand awry, which, by the church being situated so low, appears to a very great disadvantage. Here is a good free-school, where Sir Isaac Newton received his first education, besides two charity-schools. W. Long. 1. 37. N. Lat. 52. 55.