FIRSBY, a parish in the Wold division of the wapentake
of CANDLESHOE, parts of LINDSEY, county of
LINCOLN, 5 miles (S. E. by E.) from Spilsby, containing
119 inhabitants. The living is a discharged rectory,
with the vicarage of Great Steeping united, in the archdeaconry
and diocese of Lincoln, rated in the king's
books at £12. 0. 2., endowed with £200 royal bounty,
and in the patronage of the Rev. Joseph Walls. The
church is dedicated to St. Andrew. Steeping river runs
through the parish, in which there are several good springs
of water; one near the church is slightly chalybeate.
F1RSBY (EAST), a parish in the eastern division
of the wapentake of ASLACOE, parts of LINDSEY, county
of LINCOLN, 6 miles (W. by S.). from Market-Raisen,
containing 29 inhabitants. The living is a discharged
rectory, held by sequestration, in the archdeaconry of
Stow, and diocese of Lincoln, rated in the king's books at
£ 6.13.4. The church, dedicated.to St. James, has fallen
into ruins; the parishioners resort to Saxby church.