REVESBY, a parish in the western division of the
soke of BOLINGBROKE, parts of LINDSEY, county of
LINCOLN, 2 miles (N. by W.) from Bolingbroke, containing
572 inhabitants. The living is a perpetual curacy,
in the archdeaconry and diocese of Lincoln. The church
is dedicated to St. Lawrence. There is a place of worship
for Wesleyan Methodists. An abbey of Cistercian
monks, in honour of the "Virgin Mary and St. Lawrence,
was founded here, in 1142, by William de Romara, Earl
of Lincoln, which, at the dissolution, had a revenue of
£349. 4. 10.