WASHINGBOROUGH, a parish in the second
division of the wapentake of LANGOE, parts of KESTEVEN,
county of LINCOLN, 2 miles (N. E.) from Lincoln,
containing, with the chapelry of Heighington, 874 inhabitants.
The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry
and diocese of Lincoln, rated in the king's books
at £26.13.4., and in the patronage of Sir W. A. Ingilby,
Bart. The church, dedicated to St. John the Evangelist,
is a large and handsome structure with a lofty tower.
The parish is bounded on the north by the navigable
river Witham. At Washingborough is a school for
young children, with an endowment of about £20 per
annum, arising from the bequests of Timothy Pike and
others, in 1728. The free grammar school at Heighington
was founded in 1619, by Thomas Garrett, who endowed
it with lands and houses of the present annual
value of £140; he was, in other respects, a great benefactor
to the poor. In 1701, Sir Thomas Clack, left
land, now producing £70 per annum, for apprenticing
poor children.