HOGSTHORPE, a parish in the Marsh division of
the hundred of CALCEWORTH, parts of LINDSEY, county
of LINCOLN, 6 miles (15. S. E.) from Alford, containing
591 inhabitants. The living is a discharged vicarage, in
the archdeaconry and diocese of Lincoln, rated in the
king's books at £10, endowed with £200 royal bounty,
and £1000 parliamentary grant, and in the patronage of
the Bishop of Lincoln. The church is dedicated to St.
Mary. There is a place of worship for Wesleyan Methodists.