Skendleby (St. Peter)
SKENDLEBY (St. Peter), a parish, in the union of Spilsby, Wold division of the wapentake of Candleshoe, parts of Lindsey, county of Lincoln, 4 miles (N. E. by N.) from Spilsby; containing 289 inhabitants. The living is a discharged vicarage, valued in the king's books at £4. 0. 5.; net income, £155; patron and impropriator, Lord Willoughby de Eresby. There is a place of worship for Wesleyans.
Transcribed from A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858.