SWABY, a parish in the Marsh division of the hundred
of CALCEWORTH, parts of LINDSEY, county of
LINCOLN, 5 miles (W. by N.) from Alford, containing
302 inhabitants. The living is a discharged rectory, in
the archdeaconry and diocese of Lincoln, rated in the
king's books at £12. 1. 10., and in the patronage of the
President and Fellows of Magdalene College, Oxford.
The church is dedicated to St. Nicholas. There is a.
place of worship forWesleyan Methodists.