KIRKBY (EAST), a parish in the western division of the soke of BOLINGBROKE, parts of LINDSEY, county of LINCOLN, 5 miles (W. S. W.) from Spilsby, containing 347 inhabitants. The living is a discharged vicarage, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Lincoln, rated in the king's books at £5. 12. 1., endowed with £200 royal bounty, and in the patronage of William. Thimbleby, Esq. The church is dedicated to St. Nicholas. A charity school is endowed with land bequeathed by Gregory and Margaret Croft, in 1712.