HALTHAM-upon-BAIN, a parish in the soke of
HORNCASTLE, parts of LINDSEY, county of LINCOLN, 5
miles (S. by W.) from Horncastle, containing 196 inhabitants.
The living is a discharged rectory, with which
the rectory of Roughton was united in 1741, in the archdeaconry
and diocese of Lincoln, rated in the king's
books at £8. 11. 3., and in the patronage of the Hon.
J. Dymolce. The church is dedicated to St. Benedict.
The Horncastle canal, upon which two stearn-vessels
ply..daily between Lincoln and Boston, passes through
the parish.