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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, Scottlesthorpe, 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 abbey, founded by William, Earl of Albemarle, about the year 1451. 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.