Bulby
BULBY, a hamlet, in the parish of Irnham, union of Bourne, wapentake of Beltisloe, parts of Kesteven, county of Lincoln, 4ΒΌ miles (E. by N.) from Corby; containing, with the hamlet of Hawthorp, 211 inhabitants. These places form the eastern side of the parish, and comprise about 1700 acres: Hawthorp is in two farms. Bulby House is a handsome mansion, lately erected. An old thatched building at Bulby was formerly a chapel, and near it is a moated area in which the foundations of a large building may be traced.
Transcribed from A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858.