WINTHORPE, a parish in the Marsh division of
the wapentake of CANDLESHOE, parts of LINDSEY, county of LINCOLN,
11 miles (E. by N.) from Spilsby, containing
233 inhabitants. The living is a discharged
vicarage, united, in 1729, to that of Burgh in the Marsh,
in the archdeaconry and diocese of Lincoln, rated in
the king's books at £8, and endowed with £200 royal
bounty, and £800 parliamentary grant. The church is
dedicated to St. Mary.