Markby, Lincolnshire

Description
Markby, a parish in Lincolnshire, near the coast, 3 1/2 miles NE by E of Alford station on the East Lincolnshire section of the G.N.R. It has a post office under Alford; money order and telegraph office, Alford. Acreage, 648; population of the civil parish, 100; of the ecclesiastical, with Hannah and Hagnaby, 185. The manor belongs to the Massingberd family. A priory for Black Canons was founded here before the time of King John by Ralph Fitz-Gilbert, but has left no vestiges. The living is a vicarage, united with the rectory of Hannah-cum-Hagnaby, in the diocese of Lincoln; net value, £133 with residence. The church is an ancient building of brick and stone with a thatched roof, very much out of repair, and is not now used. An iron church was erected in 1855. There is a Wesleyan chapel.