SKEGNESS, a parish in the Marsh division of the wapentake of CANDLESHOE, parts of LINDSEY, county of LINCOLN, 3 miles (E. by S.) from Burgh, containing 150 inhabitants. The living is a discharged rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Lincoln, rated in the king's books at £15. 6. 8., and in the patronage of the Earl of Scarborough. The church is dedicated to St. Clement. According to Leland, here was once a considerable town, having a haven and a castle, and surrounded by walls, which was swallowed up by the sea.