KIRKBY-le-THORPE, a parish in the wapentake
of ASWARDHURN, parts of KESTEVEN, county of LINCOLN,
2 miles (E. by N.) from Sleaford, containing 166
inhabitants. The living is a rectory in medieties, united,
in 1737, to that of Asgarby, in the archdeaconry and
diocese of Lincoln, rated jointly in the king's books at
£9. 12. 6. The church, dedicated to St. Denis, has a
Norman door, with some portions in the early, and a
font and wooden porch in the later, style of English
architecture.