TOYNTON (HIGH), a parish in the soke of HORNCASTLE,
parts of LINDSEY, county of LINCOLN, 1 mile
(E.) from Horncastle, containing 159 inhabitants. The
living is a perpetual curacy, in the archdeaconry arid
diocese of Lincoln, endowed with £ 600 royal bounty;
and in the patronage of the Bishop of Carlisle. The
church is dedicated to St. John the Baptist. There is
a place of worship for Wesleyan Methodists.