HORBLING, a village and a parish in Bourn district, Lincoln. The village stands near Carr Dyke, 3½ miles ENE of Folkingham, and 6½ S of Heckington r. station; and has a post office under Folkingham. The parish includes also the hamlet of Bridge-End, and comprises 2, 620 acres. Real property, £11, 332. Pop., 546. Houses, 108. The property is mainly divided among three. The manor belongs to Mrs. Shaw. Remains of a priory are at Bridge-End. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £271. * Patron, the Bishop of Lincoln. The church is partly Norman, partly of later dates; is cruciform, with central tower, and in good condition; and has a memorial window and an ancient font, -the former put up in 1854 to Benjamin Smith, Esq. An endowed school has £31; and other charities have £5.

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