THIMBLEBY,
In Domesday Book Stimelbi, and in old writings Thimelby, is about a mile north-west from Horncastle, the parishes adjoining each other. The manor which in the reign of Charles the second was the property of Sir Robert Bolles of Scampton, is now possessed by Thomas Hotchkin, Esquire, of Tixover, in the county of Rutland, in the possession of whose ancestors it has been for many years. In this parish is also the manor of Hallgarth, which formerly belonged to a family named Bolton; but is now the joint property of Richard Elmhirst, Esquire, of Uzzleby, and Mr. Kemp of Thimbleby. The church rebuilt in the year 1744, is a small stone edifice, possessing a considerable share of architectural merit: a stone over the door points out the year in which it was rebuilt, but besides this it exhibits no other inscription. [42a] The advowson of the rectory belongs to the lord of the manor.