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The Parliamentary Gazetteer’s Summary of the Parish of Witham on the Hill, 1843.

Witham-on-the-Hill, a parish in the wapentake of Beltisloe, union of Bourn, parts of Kesteven, county of Lincoln ; 4¼ miles south-west of Bourne. It contains the hamlets of Manthorpe, and Toft with Lound. Living, a vicarage in the archd. and dio. of Lincoln ; rated at £6 1s. 0½d. ; gross income £107. Tithes commuted in 1813. Patron, in 1841, General Johnson. The Wesleyan Methodists have a place of worship here. In 1833 here was 1 daily school with and endowment. Acres 4,210. Houses 108. A. P. £3,631. Pop., in 1801, 353 ; in 1831, 540. Poor rates, in 1838, £105 12s.

Manthorpe, a hamlet in the parish of Witham-on-the-Hill, county of Lincoln ; 3 miles south-west by south of Bourne. Tithes commuted in 1813. Acres 690. Houses 20. A. P. £758. Pop., in 1801, 95 ; in 1831, 100. Poor rates, in 1838, £8 13s.

Toft with Lound, a hamlet in the parish of Witham-on-the-Hill, county of Lincoln ; 3 miles south-south-west of Bourne. The children of this hamlet attend the endowed school at Witham. Acres 1,370. Houses 45. A. P. £911. Pop., in 1801, 196 ; in 1831, 194. Poor rates, in 1838, £101 13s.