KEAL (WEST), a village and a parish in Spilsby district, Lincoln. The village stands 3 miles SW-of Spilsby r. station, and 16 S of Louth; and has a post office under Spilsby. The parish contains also the hamlet of KealCoates. Acres, 2, 020. Real property, £4, 060. Pop., 511. Houses, 109. The property is subdivided. The manor belongs to W.Amcotts, Esq. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £522. * Patron, W.Amcotts, Esq. The church stands on an eminence; is early English; and consists of nave, aisles, and chancel, with a tower. There are a Wesleyan chapel, a national school of 1854, and charities £7.

(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))