[3] The origin of the name is uncertain, perhaps from an Old Scandinavian (Viking) first name or the Viking word for "ravine", or as is widely accepted locally, "where the marigolds grow", referred to in Henry Thorold's guide to the redundant St George's Church, Goltho.
[6] Sir Thomas Grantham (1574–1630) was Sheriff of Lincoln in 1600[7][unreliable source] and MP for Lincolnshire from 1621 to 1622.
[11] His son Thomas (1612–1655) was MP for Lincoln during the Long Parliament[12] and raised a regiment of foot which fought at the Battle of Aylesbury[13] in 1642.
[15] The village is described in White's 1842 Lincolnshire Directory as "a parish of scattered farms", covering about 1,360 acres (5.5 km2).
Goltho is one of 128 civil parishes in the district of West Lindsey,[16] and is approximately 10 miles (16 km) north-east from the city and county town of Lincoln.
The parish is skirted at the north by the A158 trunk road as it passes between Lincoln and Horncastle.