ASHBY (WEST), a parish in the soke of HORNCASTLE,
parts of LINDSEY, county of LINCOLN, if mile
(N.) from Horncastle, containing 378 inhabitants. The
living is a perpetual curacy, in the archdeaconry and
diocese of Lincoln, endowed with £400 royal bounty,
and in the patronage of the Bishop of Carlisle. The
church is dedicated to All Saints.