WADINGHAM, a parish in the eastern division of
the wapentake of MANLEY, parts of LINDSEY, county
of LINCOLN, 8 miles (S. by W.) from Glandford-Bridge,
containing 447 inhabitants. The living consists of the
united rectories of St. Mary and St. Peter, with the
chapelry of Snitterby annexed, in the archdeaconry of
Stow, and diocese of Lincoln, rated in the king's books
at £29. 6. 8., and in the patronage of the Crown. There
is a place of worship for Wesleyan Methodists. A new
cut, or canal, called the river Ancholme, passes through
the parish. A free school is endowed with thirty acres
of land.