ANCASTER, a parish in the wapentake of LOVEDEN,
parts of K.ESTEVEN, county of LINCOLN, 6 miles
(N. E.) from Grantham, containing 439 inhabitants. The
living is a discharged vicarage, in the archdeaconry and
diocese of Lincoln, rated in the king's books at £6.13.4.,
endowed with £200 royal bounty, and in the patronage
of the Rev. J. Jowett. The church, dedicated to St.
Martin, has a tower surmounted by a spire; the arches
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on the north side of the nave are of Norman, and
those on the south of early English, architecture, while
other parts exhibit a later style. Ancaster is supposed
to occupy the site of the Roman station Corisennis:
it stands on the line of the ancient Ermin-street, and
various Roman coins and other relics have been found
in the vicinity.