CORBY, a village, a parish, and a sub-district in Bourn district, Lincoln. The village stands on the river Glen, and on the Roman road to Ancaster, adjacent to the Great Northern railway, 8¼ miles SSE of Grantham; and has a station on the railway, a post office under Grantham, and fairs on 26 Aug. and the Monday before 11 Oct. -The parish comprises 2, 726 acres. Real property, £4, 607. Pop., 818. Houses, 169. The property is much subdivided. The living is a vicarage, annexed to the rectory of Irnham, in the diocese of Lincoln. The church is decorated English; was partially restored in 1861; and has a square pinnacled tower. There are chapels for Wesleyans and Roman Catholics. A grammar school, founded in 1669, has £48 from endowment; and other charities £11.—The sub-district contains eight parishes. Acres, 20, 103. Pop., 3, 396. Houses, 672

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