WITHERN, a parish in the Wold division of the
hundred of CALCEWORTH, parts of LINDSEY, county of
LINCOLN, 4 miles (N. N. W.) from Alford, containing
343 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry
and diocese of Lincoln, rated in the king's
books at £18. 10. 2. Robert. Vyner, Esq. was patron
in 1806. The church is dedicated to St. Margaret.
There is a place of worship for Wesleyan Methodists.
George Stovins, in 1726, bequeathed £100, the interest
of which, with that of £50, previously given by the
Rev. Willjam Jones, is applied for teaching and partly
clothing poor children.