COVENHAM (ST-BARTHOLOMEW), a parish
in the wapentake of LUDBOROUGH, parts of LINDSEY,
county of LINCOLN, -5 miles (N. N. E.) from Louth,
containing 219 inhabitants. The living is a discharged
rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Lincoln,
rated in the king's books at £1?. 12. 8., and in the patronage
of the Rev. John Fretwell. There is a place of
worship for Wesleyan Methodists. Here was formerly
a cell belonging to the monastery of St. Carilephus, in
the diocese of Mains.