HARLAXTON, a parish in the soke of GRANTHAM,
parts of KESTEVEN, county of LINCOLN, 3 miles (S. W.)
from Grantham, containing 389 inhabitants. The living
is a rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Lincoln,
rated in the king's books at £25. 6. 10., and in the
alternate patronage of the Prebendaries of North and
South Grantham. in the Cathedral Church of Salisbury.
The church is dedicated to St. Mary and St. Peter; its
tower is surmounted by a spire, and the chancel is separated
from the nave by a carved wooden screen. The
Nottingham and Grantham canal passes through the
parish.