ASLACKBY, a parish in the wapentake of AVELAND, parts of KESTEVEN, county of LINCOLN, 2 miles (S. S. E.) from Folkingham, containing, with the hamlets of Graby and Milthorpe, 425 inhabitants. The living is a vicarage, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Lincoln, rated in the king's books at £12. 10. 7., and in the patronage of M. Barstow, Esq. The church is dedicated to St. James. Here was a preceptory of Knights Templars, which, on the abolition of their order, became a commandery of the Hospitallers: a square tower belonging to the edifice yet remains.