DRIBY, a parish in the Wold division of the wapentake
of CANDLESHOE, parts of LINDSEY, county of
LINCOLN, 4 miles (W. by S.) from Alford, containing
82 inhabitants. The living is a discharged vicarage,
united in 1774 to the rectory of South Ormsby, in the
archdeaconry and diocese of Lincoln, rated in the king's
books at £ 8. 19. 4. B. Massingberd, Esq. was patron
in 1825. The church is dedicated to St. Michael.