THORESBY (SOUTH), a parish in the Marsh division of the hundred of CALCEWORTH, parts of LINDSEY, county of LINCOLN, 4 miles (W. by N.) from Alford, containing 149 inhabitants. The living is a discharged rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Lincoln, rated in the king's books at £6. 3. 6., and in the patronage of the King, as Duke of Lancaster. The church is dedicated to St. Andrew.