MANBY, a parish in the Marsh division of the hundred of LOUTH-ESKE, parts of LINDSEY, county of LINCOLN, 5 miles (E. by S.) from Louth, containing 236 inhabitants. The living is a discharged rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Lincoln, rated in the king's books at £11. 10. 2. Mrs.Wray was patroness in 1806. The church is dedicated to St. Mary. There is a place of worship for Wesleyan Methodists.