CARLBY, a parish in the wapentake of NESS, parts of KESTEVEN, county of LINCOLN, 5 miles (N. by E..) from Stamford, containing 186 inhabitants. The living is a discharged rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Lincoln, rated in the king's books at £9. 1. 10., and in the patronage of the Marquis of Exeter. The church is dedicated to St. Stephen.