KIRKBY, a parish, joint with Osgodby, in the northern
division of the wapentake of WALSHCROFT, parts
of LINDSEY, county of LINCOLN, 4 miles (N. W.) from
Market-Raisen, containing, with Osgodby, 214 inhabitants.
The living is a discharged vicarage with that
of Owersby, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Lincoln,
rated in the king's books at £8. 18. 4., and endowed
with £200 royal bounty. The church, dedicated to St.
Andrew, though much modernised, appears to have been
originally of Norman architecture; in the chancel are
some ancient tombs. Thomas Goodrich, Bishop of Ely,
and Lord Chancellor in the reign of Edward VI., was
born here.