BECKINGHAM, a parish in the wapentake of Lo-
VEDEN, parts of KESTEVEN, county of LINCOLN, 5 miles
(E.) from Newark, containing 430 inhabitants. The living
is a rectory, with the perpetual curacy of Stragglesthorpe
annexed, in the archdeaconry and diocese of
Lincoln, rated in the king's books at £41. 6. 8., and
in the patronage of Robert Moody, Esq. The church,
dedicated to All Saints, is partly Norman, and partly
in the early style of English architecture: the tower,
ornamented with pinnacles, is in the later English style.