HAXEY, a parish in the western division of the wapentake
of MANLEY, parts of LINDSEY, county of LINCOLN,
8 miles (N.N.W.) from Gainsborough, containing
1888 inhabitants. The living is a vicarage, in the archdeaconry
of Stow, and diocese of Lincoln, rated in the
Whg's books at £20.17. 8., and in the patronage of the
Archbishop of York. The church, dedicated to St. Nicholas,
is in the later style of English architecture, with
a chancel of brick; on the north side of the nave is a
chapel, separated from the aisle by a handsome carved
oak screen. There is a place of worship forWesleyan
Methodists.