APLEY, a parish in the western division of the
wapentake of WRAGGOE, parts of LINDSEY, county of
LINCOLN, 2 miles (S. W.) from Wragby, containing 139
inhabitants. The living is a perpetual curacy, with
that of Stainfield annexed, in the archdeaconry and diocese
of Lincoln, rated in the king's books at £6, endowed
with £400 royal bounty, and in the patronage
of Thomas Drake, Esq. The church, dedicated to St.
Andrew, is desecrated. Part of the once splendid
mansion of the Tyrwhitts is now occupied as a farmhouse.