CALCETHORPE, a parish in the Wold division of
the hundred of LOUTH-ESKE, parts of LINDSEY, county
of LINCOLN, 6 miles (W. by N.) from Louth, containing
60 inhabitants. The living is a sinecure rectory, in
the archdeaconry and diocese of Lincoln, rated in the
king's books at £6. 2. 6. The Bishop of Lincoln presented
by lapse in 1783. The church is dedicated to
St. Faith.