WILLOUGHBY, a parish in the Wold division of
the hundred of CALCEWORTH, parts of LINDSEY, county
of LINCOLN, 3 miles (S. S. E.) from Alford, containing,
with the hamlet of Sloothby, 514 inhabitants. The
living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese of
Lincoln, rated in the king's books at £39- 10. 2., and
in the patronage of Lord Gwydir. The church is dedicated
to St. Helen. There is a place of worship for
Wesleyan Methodists. Anthony Barnes, in 1728, bequeathed
certain land, now producing more than £25
per annum, for teaching and apprenticing poor children.