BILLINGHAY, a parish in the first division of the
wapentake of LANGOE, parts of KESTEVEN, county of
LINCOLN, 9 miles (N.E.) from Sleuford, containing,
with the chapelry of Walcott, and the township of Dogdyke,
1554 inhabitants. The living is a discharged vicarage,
in the archdeaconry and diocese of Lincoln, rated
in the king's books at £ 13. 14., and in the patronage
of Earl Fitzwilliam. The church is dedicated to St.
Michael. There is a place of worship for Wesleyan
Methodists.