MAXEY, a parish in the liberty of PETERBOROUGH,
county of NORTHAMPTON, 1 mile (S. S. W.)
from Market-Deeping, containing, with the hamlet of
Deeping - Gate, 544 inhabitants. The living is a discharged
vicarage, in the archdeaconry of Northampton,
and diocese of Peterborough, rated in the king's
books at £ 10, and in the patronage of the Dean and
Chapter of Peterborough. The church, dedicated to
St. Mary, is principally Norman, with portions in the
decorated and later English styles. In this parish
are Lolham bridges, which are of great antiquity, having
been constructed by the Romans, to conduct the
Ermin-street over the low grounds adjoining the river
Welland.