BONBY, a parish in the northern division of the
wapentake of YARBOROUGH, parts of LINDSEY, county
of LINCOLN, 65 miles (N.) from Glandford-Bridge, containing
275 inhabitants. The living is a discharged
vicarage., in the archdeaconry and diocese of Lincoln,
rated in the king's books at £6. 4. 4., and in the patronage
of Lord Yarborough. The church, dedicated
to St. Andrew, has lately received an addition of one
hundred sittings, fifty of which are free, the Incorporated
Society for the enlargement of churches and
chapels having granted £ 50 towards defraying the expense.
In the reign of John, an Alien priory was established
by the prior and convent at Merton, to whom
this church, with others, had been granted in the 4th
of Henry IV., which was given to the Chartreux-house
at BeauVal.