TORKSEY, (Lincolnshire) near the influx of the Fesdyke into the Trent, N.W. of Lincoln, was once a T. of great note and privileges; by virtue of which the inh. were obliged, whenever the K's. ambassadors came that way, to carry them down the Trent in their barges, and to conduct them as far as Yorkshire, By an old charter, still in being, it takes toll from strangers, for cattle or goods passing this way, and has a Fair on Whit-M. Here was formerly a priory.