SCRIVELSBY, a parish in Horncastle district, Lincoln; 2½ miles S by E of Horncastle r. station. Post-town, Horncastle. Acres, 2, 142. Real property, with Dalderby, £3, 977. Pop. of S. alone, 168. Houses, 25. The manor belonged anciently to the Marmions and the Ludlows; passed, in the time of Richard II., to the Dymokes; belongs now, with S. Court, to the Hon. and Rev. John Dymoke; and was formerly held on the tenure of attending each monarch of England on horseback at hiscoronation, and proclaiming a challenge to all opposers. The living is a rectory, united with Dalderby, in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £830. Patron, the Hon. and Rev. J. Dymoke. The church is good; and has a tower and spire of 1861.

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