THORESBY (NORTH), a parish in the wapentake of BRADLEY-HAVERSTOE, parts of LINDSEY, county of LINCOLN, 8 miles (N. by W.) from Louth, containing 484 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Lincoln, rated in the king's books at £24. 10. 10., and in~the patronage of Richard Bassett, Esq. The church is dedicated to St. Helen. There is a place of worship for Wesleyan Methodists. Dr. Robert Mapletoft, in 1676, bequeathed land, producing upwards of £20 per annum, for teaching poor children.