Sleaford, a town of Lincolnshire, on the right bank of the Slea, a branch of the Witham, 17 miles SSE. of Lincoln. It has a fine church (built in 1271), a grammar-school (1624), and a monumental cross (1850). Here King John fell sick after crossing the Wash, and whilst spending the night in the old castle (now almost wholly disappeared). Pop. 4965.
Sleaford
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 9: Bound to Swansea, p. 504
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