RAITHBY, a village and a parish in Spilsby district, Lincoln. The village stands 2 miles N W of Spilsby, and 6 N W of Firsby r. station; and has a post-office under Spilsby. The parish comprises 680 acres. Real property, £2,021. Pop., 217. Houses, 38. The property is much divided. R. Hall is the seat of the Rev. E. Rawnsley. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lin-coln. Value, £301. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is old. There are a Wesleyan chapel and an endowed school with £14 a year.

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