ORMSBY (SOUTH), a parish in the hundred of
HILL, parts of LINDSEY, county of LINCOLN, 7 miles
(N. N. W.) from Spilsby, containing, with Ketsby, 261
inhabitants. The living is a rectory, with that of Ketsby,
with which the vicarage of Calceby, and the rectory of
Driby, were united in 1774; it is in the archdeaconry
and diocese of Lincoln, rated in the king's1, books at
£14. 13. ll., and in the patronage of C. B. Massingberd,
Esq. The church is dedicated to St. Leonard.
Within the parish are the remains of a Roman exploratory
camp.