WOOLSTHORPE, a parish in the wapentake of
WINNIBRIGGS-and-THREO, parts of KESTEVEN, county
of LINCOLN, 6 miles (w. by S.) from Grantham, containing
566 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the.
archdeaconry and diocese of Lincoln, rated in the king's
books at £12. 2. 85., and in the patronage of the
Duke of Rutland. The church is dedicated to St. James.