BITCHFIELD, a parish in the wapentake of BELUSLOE,
parts of KESTEVEN, county of LINCOLN, 3
miles (N. by W.) from Corby, containing J44 inhabit-
2 A2
B IT 180 B L A
ants. The living is a discharged vicarage, in the archdeaconry
and diocese of Lincoln, rated in the king's
books at £5. 11. 5., endowed with £200 parliamentary
grant, and in the patronage of the Bishop of Lincoln.
The church is dedicated to St. Mary Magda-
"lene.