ROUGHTON, a parish in the soke of HORNCASTLE,
parts of LINDSEY, county of LINCOLN, 4 miles (S. S. W.)
from Horncastle, containing 110 inhabitants. The living
is a discharged rectory, united in 1741 to Halthamupon
Bain, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Lincoln, rated
in the king's books at £6. 15. 2. The church is dedicated
to St. Margaret. The river Bain and the Horncastle
and Witham canal run through the parish.