GLENTHAM, a village and a parish in Caistor district, Lincoln. The village stands near the river Ancholme, 6¼ miles W of Usselby r. station, and 7½ WNW of Market-Rasen; and has a post office under Market-Rasen. The parish contains also the hamlet of Bishop-Bridge, and part of the hamlet of Spital-in-the-Street. Acres, 2, 240. Real property, £4, 335. Pop., 516. Houses, 103. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £90.* Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Lincoln. The church consists of nave, chancel, and aisles, with an embattled tower; and was repaired in 1855. There are chapels for Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists.

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