Scamblesby, Lincolnshire

Description
Scamblesby, a parish, with a large village, in Lincolnshire, on the Wolds, 6 miles N by E of Horncastle, and 4 SE of Donington-upon-Bain station on the Lincoln and Louth branch of the G.N.R. It has a post and money order office under Horncastle; telegraph office, Tetford. Acreage, 2002; population of the civil parish, 325; of the ecclesiastical, 364. The manor belongs to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners. The living is a vicarage, united with Caulkwell, in the diocese of Lincoln; joint net value, £316 with residence. Patrons, the Bishop of Lincoln and Earl of Yarborough alternately. The church is a small building of brick in the Early English style, consisting of chancel, nave, and western bell-turret The chancel was rebuilt in 1890-91 by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners. There are Wesleyan and Primitive Methodist chapels.