SYSTON (St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Newark, wapentake of Winnibriggs and Threo, parts of Kesteven, county of Lincoln, 3 ¼ miles (N. N. E.) from Grantham ; containing 226 inhabitants. The parish is bounded on the east by the Ermin-street, and comprises 1864a. 3r. The Hall, which stands on the summit of a hill, and commands very extensive prospects, is surrounded by a beautiful park and gardens, containing together more than 500 acres, and has a library furnished with one of the finest selections in the country. The living is a vicarage; net income, £83 ; patron and impropriator, Sir J. C. Thorold, Bart. The church contains portions of the Norman and early English styles, and in the chancel are four mural monuments to members of the Thorold family. The church and burial-ground, with the distant woods of Jericho, are celebrated by Sir Walter Scott, under the name of Willingham, in his Heart of Mid-Lothian.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis Fifth Edition Published London; by S. Lewis and Co., 13, Finsbury Place, South. M. DCCC. XLV.
