MAREHAM-LE-FEN, a village and a parish in Horncastle district, Lincoln. The village stands 5 miles N E by N of Tattershall r. station, and 5½ S of Horncastle; and has a post office under Boston. The parish comprises 1,560 acres. Real property, £3,796. Pop., 937. Houses, 195. The property is subdivided. The manor belongs to J. B. Stanhope, Esq. A navigation exists to New Bolingbroke and Boston. The living is a rector y in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £355.* Patron, the Bishop of Manchester. The church consists of nave, aisles, and chancel, with a tower; and was recently in disrepair. There are chapels for Baptists and Wesleyans, and a national school.

(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))