a market-town of Lincolnshire, 37 miles S.S.E. of Lincoln. The church is a large and beautiful structure, with a tower surmounted by an elegant octagonal spire. It has a well-endowed free grammar school, an hospital for fourteen poor old men, and a public library and news-room. The inhabitants are chiefly engaged in agriculture, the land in the neighbourhood being very fertile. Market-day, Thursday. Pop. (1851) 2245.