BRINKHILL, a parish in the hundred of HILL,
parts of LINDSEY, county of LINCOLN, 6miles (N.N.W.)
from Spilsby, containing 119 inhabitants. The living
is a discharged rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese
of Lincoln, rated in the king's books at £8, and in the
patronage of R. Cracroft, Esq. The church is dedicated
to St. Philip. There is a place of worship for Wesleyan
Methodists. In a stratum of blue clay in the village are
found veins of barren, marcasite, a great quantity of
which, after a heavy shower of rain, is usually washed
down by a rill that runs near.