BINBROOKE, a village (formerly a market-town)
comprising the parishes of St. Gabriel and St. Mary,
in the southern division of the wapentake of WALSHCROFT,
parts of LINDSEY, county of LINCOLN, 8 miles
(E. N. E.) from Market-Rasen. St. Gabriel's, containing
497 inhabitants, is a discharged vicarage, within
the peculiar jurisdiction of the Dean and Chapter of
Lincoln, rated in the king's books at £8, endowed with
£200 royal bounty, and -in the patronage of the Pre>-
bendary of Milton in the Cathedral Church of Lincoln.
St. Mary's, containing, with the extra-parochial liberty
of Orforth, 293 inhabitants, is a discharged rectory,
in the archdeaconry and diocese of Lincoln, rated in
the king's books at £10. 4. 2., and in the patronage
of the Crown. The Wesleyan Methodists have a place
of worship here. There are extensive rabbit-warrens
in the neighbourhood, and considerable business is
done in the dressing of skins for furriers. A fair is
held on Easter-Tuesday, on which day there are also
horse-races. Here is a charity school.