BELLEAU, a parish in the Marsh division of the hundred of CALCEWORTH, parts of LINDSEY, county of LINCOLN, 5 miles (N.W. by W.) from Alford, containing 88 inhabitants. The living is a discharged rectory, to which the vicarage of Aby was united in 1732, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Lincoln, rated in the king's books at £13. 3. 9-, and in the patronage of Lord Gwydir. The church is dedicated to St. John the Baptist. The name (Belle eau) is derived from a fine stream of water, which issues from a chalk hill with considerable force.