BARKSTON, a parish in the soke of GRANTHAM,
parts of KESTEVEN, county of LINCOLN, 3 miles
(N.N.E.) from Grantham, containing 416 inhabitants.
The living is a rectory, rated in the king's books at
£13. 7. 6., and in the peculiar jurisdiction and patronage
of the Prebendary of North Grantham in the Cathedral
Church of Salisbury. The church is dedicated
to St. Nicholas. There is a small endowment for instructing
and apprenticing poor children, being part of
the rent of some land given by Selina Towers, in 1718.
An aimshouse for six poor people is endowed with £43
per annum.