NORMANBY, a parish in the eastern division of
the wapentake of ASLACOE, parts of LINDSEY, county
of LINCOLN, 7 miles ("W. by S.) from Market-Rasen,
containing 328 inhabitants. The living is a discharged
vicarage, in the archdeaconry of Stow, and diocese of
Lincoln, rated in the king's books at £5, endowed with
£600 royal bounty, and in the patronage of the Dean
and Chapter of Lincoln. The church is dedicated to
St. Peter and St. Paul. There is a place of worship for
Wesleyan Methodists. Mrs. Dunn, in 1767, gave a
small endowment for the instruction of children. The
parish is bounded on the east by the river Ancholme.