GLENTHAM, a parish in the eastern division of
the wapentake of ASLACOE, parts of LINDSEY, county
of LINCOLN, 8 miles (W. by N.) from Market-Raisen,
containing 372 inhabitants. The living is a discharged
vicarage, in the peculiar jurisdiction and patronage of
the Dean and Chapter of Lincoln, rated in the king's
books at £8. The church is dedicated to St. Peter; the
tower and chancel are of mqre modern erection than
the rest of the building, which is in the later style of
English architecture. Here is a place of worship for
Wesleyan Methodists; also an endowed almshouse.
The river Ancholme runs through the parish.