KEAL (WEST), a parish in the western division of
the soke of BOLINGBKOKE, parts of LINDSEY, county
of LINCOLN, 3 miles (S. W. byW.) from Spilsby, containing
502 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the
archdeaconry and diocese of Lincoln, rated in the king's
books at £20. 1. 8., and in the patronage of Robert
Cracroft, Esq. The church is dedicated to St. Helen.
There is a place of worship for Wesleyan Methodists.
The springs here are impregnated with iron.