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The Parliamentary Gazetteer’s Summary of Edenham,
1843.
Edenham, a parish in the
wapentake
of Beltisloe, parts of Kesteven, union of Bourn, county of
Lincoln ; 2½ miles west-north-west of Bourne, on the river Glen, comprising the
hamlets of Ellsthorpe [sic], Scottlesthorpe [sic], and
Grimsthorpe. – Living, a donative curacy in the archd. and
dio. of Lincoln,
not in charge ; gross income £52. Patron, Lord
Willoughby D’Eresby. Here are four daily schools. Grimsthorpe castle,
in this vicinity, is a very handsome edifice, surrounded by a park about 16
miles in circumference. In the park, about a mile from the present mansion,
formerly stood a Cistertian
[sic] abbey, founded
by William, Earl of
Albemarle, about the year 1451 [sic]. It was called Valis Dei, and vulgarly
Vaudy. Three are four large sculptured stones are all that now remain from this
religious edifice. Edenham Spa
was much frequented many years ago by asthmatic and consumptive persons, but
it fell into disuse. Acres 7,760. Houses
128. A. P.
£8,217. Pop., in 1801, 513 ; in 1831, 777. Poor rates, in 1838, £139 19s.
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