BYTHAM (CASTLE), a parish in the wapentake of
BELTISLOE, parts of KESTEVEN, county of LINCOLN,
5 miles (S. by W.) from Corby, comprising the chapelry
of Holywell with Awnby, and the hamlet of Coun<-
thorpe, and containing 736 inhabitants. The living is a
discharged vicarage, with which the rectory of Little Bytham
is'consolidated, in the archdeaconry and diocese
of Lincoln, rated in the king's books at £7- 13., 6., and
in the patronage of the Bishop of Lincoln and the Dean
and Chapter, alternately. The church is dedicated to
St. James. There is a place of worship for Wesleyan.
Methodists.