KYME (SOUTH), a parish comprising the township
of North Kyme in the first division of the wapentake
of LANGOE, but chiefly in the wapentake of
ASWARDHURN, parts of KESTEVEN county of LINCOLN,
S£ miles (S. W. by S.) from Tattershall, arid
containing 799 inhabitants. The living is a perpetual
curacy, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Lincoln,
endowed with £600 royal bounty, and £200 parliamentary
grant. Sir A. Hume, Bart, was patron in 1806.
The church is dedicated to All Saints. A priory of
Black canons was founded, in honour of the Virgin
Mary, in the reign of Henry II., which was valued at the
dissolution at £138. 4. 9. Sir Gilbert Talbois, created
Baron of Kyme in the reign of Henry VIII., is interred
in the church.