COATES (GREAT), a parish in the wapentake of
BRADLEY-HAVERSTOE, parts of LINDSEY, county of
LINCOLN, 4 miles (Wl) from Great Grimsby, containing
337 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry
and diocese of Lincoln, rated in the king's
books at £11. 10. 10., and in the patronage of Sir R.
Sutton, Bart. The church is dedicated to St. Nicholas.