Mumby, Lincolnshire

Description
Mumby, a village and a parish in Lincolnshire. The village stands 1 1/2 mile SE of Mumby Road station, on the Louth and East Coast branch, 2 1/2 miles from the coast, 3 1/2 ENE of Willoughby Junction station on the East Lincolnshire branch of the G.N.R., and 4 1/2 ESE of Alford. The parish contains also the village and chapelry of Chapel Mumby or Chapel St Leonards, the hamlets of Elsey or Helsey and Langham Eow, and part of the hamlet of Authorpe Eow, and it has a post office under Alford; money order office, Hogsthorpe; telegraph office, Mumby Road station. Acreage, 3305 ; population of the civil parish, 576 ; of the ecclesiastical, 329; of the ecclesiastical parish of Mumby Chapel, 280. The manor belongs to Bethlehem Hospital. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lincoln; net value, ££189 with residence. Patron, the Bishop of Lincoln. The church is a large building of stone in the Early English style, consisting of chancel, sacristy, nave, aisles, S porch, and massive western tower. There are Wesleyan and Primitive Methodist chapels. The ecclesiastical parish of Chapel Mnmby or St Leonard is a separate benefice, and the living of it is a perpetual curacy; net value, £179 with residence, in the gift of the Vicar of Mumby. The church is a small building of brick and stone, consisting of chancel, nave, and S porch, and was restored in 1891. There is a Primitive Methodist chapel. The village of Mumby Chapel, which is 3 miles SE from Mumby, has a post office, called Chapel, under Alford; money order office, Hogsthorpe; telegraph office, Skegness. A lifeboat, presented in 1888, is maintained by voluntary subscriptions.