KIRKBY-upon-BAIN, a parish in the southern
division of the wapentake of GARTREE, parts of LINDSEY,
county of LINCOLN, 6 miles (S. S. W.) from Horncastle,
containing, with the township of Tumby, 591
inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the peculiar
jurisdiction of the manor court of Kirkstead, rated in
the king's books at £13. 13. 6., and in the patronage
of the Crown. The church is dedicated to St. Mary.
There is a place of worship for Wesleyan Methodists.
A school for the instruction of poor children is endowed
with land bequeathed by Richard Brocklesby, in 1713.