SKELLINGTHORPE, a parish in the lower division
of the wapentake of BOOTHBY-GRAFFO, parts of KESTEVEN,
county of LINCOLN, 5 miles (W.) from Lincoln,
containing 370 inhabitants. The living is a discharged
vicarage, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Lincoln,
rated in the king's books at £6. 18. 9-, endowed with
£200 royal bounty, and £400 parliamentary grant, and
in the patronage of the Misses F. and S. Dowbiggin.
The church is dedicated to St. Lawrence. There is
a place of worship for Wesleyan Methodists.