ALTHORP, a parish in the western division of the
wapentake of MANLEY, parts of LINDSEY, county of
LINCOLN, 11 miles (W. by N.) from Glandford-Bridge,
comprising the chapelry of Amcotts, and the township
of Keadby, and containing 877 inhabitants. The living
is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Stow, and diocese
of Lincoln, rated in the king's books at £25, endowed
with £200 private benefaction, and £400 royal bounty,
and in the patronage of the Crown. The church is dedicated
to St. Oswald.