COATES, a parish in the western division of the
wapentake of ASLACOE, parts of LINDSEY, county of
LINCOLN, 9 miles (N. W. by N.) from Lincoln, containing
45 inhabitants. The living is a discharged vicarage,
in the archdeaconry of Stow, and diocese of Lincoln,
rated in the king's books at £3. 16. 8., endowed with
£600 royal bounty, and £200 parliamentary grant; it
is held by sequestration. The church is dedicated to St.
Edith.