a market-town of Lincolnshire, in the hundred of Bolingbroke and the division of Lindsay, thirty-one miles from the city of Lincoln, and 132 from London. It

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1 Bryant's Ancient Mythology, vol iii. p. 532. 2 Vol. ii. p. 334. stands on an eminence, commanding an extensive view towards the south. It is composed of four streets, uniting at the market-place, which is a square with a cross, consisting of a plain octagonal shaft, with a quadrangular base; and near to it is the town-hall, rebuilt in 1764, in which the quarter sessions for the division of Lindsay are held. The parish church is a large old edifice, including a chapel with some ancient monuments. There is a good market on Saturday. The population was, in 1801, 932; in 1811, 963; in 1821, 1234; and in 1831, 1354.