Sedgebrook, Lincolnshire

Description
Sedgebrook, a parish, with a village, in Lincolnshire, on the Grantham and Nottinghamshire branch of the G.N.R., 4 miles WNW of Grantham. It has a station on the railway, and a post omce under Grantham; money order office, Bar-rowby; telegraph office, railway station. Acreage, 1676; population, 208. The manor belongs to the Thorold family, who also own all the land with the exception of the glebe. The living is a rectory, united with East Allington, in the diocese of Lincoln; joint net value, £308 with residence. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is an ancient edifice of stone in the Norman, Early English, and Perpendicular styles, consisting of chancel with chantry chapel, nave, aisles, N and S porches, and an embattled western tower. There are endowed, elementary, and middle class schools.