FLEXBOROUGH, a parish in the northern division of
the wapentake of MANLEY, parts of LINDSEY, county of
LINCOLN, 11 miles (N. W. by W.) from Glandford-Bridge,
containing 216 inhabitants. The living is a rectory,
with the vicarage of Burton upon Stather united, in the
archdeaconry of Stow, and diocese of Lincoln, rated in
the king's books at £ 13. 10. Sir Robert Sheffield, Bart,
was patron in 1822. The church is dedicated to All
Saints. The parish, in which are some petrifying springs,
is bounded on the west by the river Trent. Sir Edward
Anderson, Bart., a Chief Justice of the Common Pleas
in the reign of Elizabeth, was born at this place.