SWARBY, a parish in the wapentake of ASWARDHURN,
parts of KESTEVEN, county of LINCOLN, 5 miles
(N. W. by N.) from Falkingham, containing 143 inhabitants.
The living is a discharged vicarage, in the
archdeaconry and diocese of Lincoln, rated in the king's
books at £6, endowed with £200 royal bounty, and in
the patronage of Sir T. Whichcote, Bart. The church,
dedicated to St. Mary and All Saints, is a handKome
structure, principally in the later English style.