ROPSLEY, a parish in the wapentake of WINNIBRIGGS-and-THREO, parts of KESTEVEN, county of LINCOLN, 6 miles (W.) from Falkingham, containing, with the hamlet of Little Humby, 554 inhabitants. The living .is a rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Lincoln, rated in the king's books at £11. 14. 2., and in the patronage of the Duke of Rutland. The church is dedicated to St. Peter. James Thompson, in 1719, bequeathed a rent-charge of £6 for teaching six poor children.