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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Waltham like this:
WALTHAM, a parish, with a village, in Caistor district, Lincoln; on the East Lincoln railway, 3½ miles S by W of Great Grimsby. It has a post-office under Grimsby, a r. station, and a temperance hall. Acres, 2,350. Real property, £3,828. Pop., 856. Houses, 190. The property is much subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £400.* Patron, the Chapter of Southwell. The church was partially restored in 1867. There are two Methodist chapels. A national school was built in 1868.
Waltham is now part of NORTH EAST LINCOLNSHIRE Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how NORTH EAST LINCOLNSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Waltham itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Waltham, in North East Lincolnshire and Lincolnshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/14062
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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