OSBOURNBY, a parish in the wapentake of AVELAND,
parts of KESTEVEN, county of LINCOLN, 2
miles (N.) from Falkingharn; containing 428 inhabitants.
The living is a discharged vicarage, in the archdeaconry
and diocese of Lincoln, rated in the king's books at
£7. 0. 5., endowed with £200 private benefaction, and
£200 royal bounty, and in the patronage of the Duke
of Devonshire. The church, dedicated to St. Peter and
St. Paul, is principally in the decorated style of architecture;
it contains some stalls, the remains of a roodloft,
screen, and a large ancient font.