TORKSEY, a parish in the wapentake of LAWRESS,
though locally in the wapentake of Well, parts
of LINDSEY, county of LINCOLN, 8 miles (S. by E.) from
Gainsborough, containing, with the chapelry of Brampton,
and the hamlet of Harwick, 365 inhabitants. The
living is a perpetual curacy, held by sequestration, in
the archdeaconry of Stow, and diocese of Lincoln, endowed
with £ 800 royal bounty. The church is dedicated
to St. Peter. A priory of Black canons, in honour
of St. Leonard, was founded here by King John, which,
at the dissolution, was valued at £27. 2. 8. per annum.
Torksey is situated at the junction of the Fosse-Dyke
with the river Trent, and formerly enjoyed many privileges,
on condition that the king's ambassadors, when
travelling this way, should be conveyed by the inhabitants,
in their own barges, down the Trent to York.