MOULTON, a village, a parish, and a sun-district, in Spalding district, Lincoln. The village stands adjacent to the Spalding and Lynn railway, 4 miles E by N of Spalding; is a large and pretty place; and has a station on the railway, and a post office under Spalding. The parish contains also the chapelry of Moulton-Chapel, and the hamlets of Austindyke, Eaugate, and Seasend; and extends to the coast. Acres, 13,785; of which 335 are water. Real property, £26,384. Pop. in 1851,2,058; in 1861,2,143. Houses, 457. The manor belongs to Lord Boston. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £456.* Patron, M. Johnson, Esq. The church is partly early English, partly perpendicular; consists of nave, aisles, and chancel, with beautiful tower and finely-proportioned octagonal spire; and contains a water-drain, an ambry, and a font of 1683, resembling that of St. James', Westminster. The p. curacy of Moulton-Chapel is a separate benefice. There are chapels for Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists, a free grammar school, and charities £150. The grammar school was founded in 1560, by John Harrox; has £500 a year from endowment; and is divided into upper school and lower school, with residences for two masters.—The sub-district contains also Weston parish. Acres, 19,171. Pop., 2,893. Houses, 618.

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