RANBY, a parish in the northern division of the
wapentake of GARTREE, parts of LINDSEY, county of
LINCOLN, 65 miles (E. by N.) from Wragby, containing
121 inhabitants. The living is a vicarage, in the archdeaconry
and diocese of Lincoln, rated in the king's
books at £4. 13. 4., endowed with £200 private bene-
faction, £ 1000 royal bounty, and £300 parliamentary
grant, and in the patronage of Miss A. Otter. The
church is dedicated to St. German.