WALTHAM-on-the-WOLDS, a parish (formerly
a market-town) in the hundred of PRAMLAND, county
of LEICESTER, 5 miles (N. E.) from Melton-Mowbray,
containing 622 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in
the archdeaconry of Leicester, and diocese of Lincoln,
rated in the king's books at £19. 5., and in the patronage
of the Duke of Rutland. The church, dedicated
to St. Mary Magdalene, is principally in the decorated
style, with portions of earlier date; it has three enriched
stalls, and the font presents a curious admixture of the
Norman and early English styles. Joseph and George
Noble, in 1776, and Thomas Baker, left trifling sums to
be applied in support of a school.