GEDNEY, a parish in the wapentake of ELLOE,
parts of HOLLAND, county of LINCOLN, 3 miles (E.) from
Holbeach, containing, with the chapelry of Gedney-Hill,
1786 inhabitants. The living is a vicarage, in the archdeaconry
and diocese of Lincoln, rated in the king's
books at £30. 11. 10., and in the patronage of the
Crown. There is also a sinecure rectory, rated at
£23. 11. 0., and in the patronage of the Crown for
two terms, and of W. Clayton, Esq. for one. The
church, dedicated to St. Mary Magdalene, is a beautiful
structure, supposed to have been built by the abbots
of Crowland, who had a house and large posses
sions in the parish: it contains fifty-three windows,
those of the north aisle having considerable remains
of painted glass.  In this parish are vestiges of intrenchments,
supposed to have been the site of Roman
fortifications.