Description
Biscathorpe or Beskerthorpe a parish in Lincolnshire, on the river Bain, 8 miles WSW of Louth, and 3 N of Donington-upon-Bain station on the G.N.R. Post town, Lincoln; money order office, Donington; telegraph office, South Willingham. Acreage, 861; population, 68. The living is a discharged rectory annexed to that of Gayton-le-Wold; joint net yearly value, £276 with residence, in the gift of the Lord Chancellor. Biscathorpe is noted for its flock of long-woolled Lancashire rams.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5
