WADDINGTON, a parish within the liberty of LINCOLN,
parts of LINDSEY, county of LINCOLN,
4 miles (S.) from Lincoln, containing, with
Meer Hospital, 701 inhabitants. The living is a rectory,
in the archdeaconry and diocese of Lincoln, rated in the
king's books at £20. 16. 8., and in the patronage of the
Rector and Fellows of Lincoln College, Oxford. The
church, dedicated to St. Michael, is principally in the
Norman style. There is a place of worship for Wesleyan
Methodists. This parish participates, with others
within the limits of the city and county of the city of
Lincoln, in the benefits of the Blue-coat school and
hospital founded, in 1602, by Richard Smith, M.D.;
and the Jersey school, established, in 1693, pursuant
to the will of Henry Stone, Esq.