BILLINGBOROUGH, a parish in the wapentake of
AVELAND, parts of KESTEVEN, county of LINCOLN, 3
miles (E.) from Folkingham, containing 745 inhabitants.
The living is a discharged vicarage, in the archdeaconry
and diocese of Lincoln, rated in the king's books at
£ 6. 1. 8., and in the patronage of Earl Fortescue. The
church, dedicated to St. Andrew, has a fine tower and
spire, and displays chiefly the decorated style of English
architecture. Mary Toller, in 1671, gave land producing
about £25 per annum, for the endowment of a free
school.