SKENDLEBY, a parish in the Wold division of the
wapentake of CANDLESHOE, parts of LINDSEY, county
of LINCOLN, 4 miles (N. E. by N.) from Spilsby, containing
210 inhabitants. The living is a discharged
vicarage, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Lincoln,
rated in the king's books at £4. 0. 5., endowed with
£400 royal bounty, and in the patronage of Lord
Gwydir and Baroness de Eresby. The church is dedicated
to St. Peter. There is a place of worship for
Wesleyan Methodists.