MUMBY, a village and a parish in Spilsby district, Lincoln. The village stands 2 ½ miles from the coast, 3 ¾ ENE of Willoughby r. station, and 4 ESE of Alford. The parish contains also the chapelry of Chapel-Mumby, the hamlets of Elsey and Langham-Row, and part of the hamlet of Authorpe-Row; and its post-town is Alford. Acres, 2,620. Real property, £7,015. Pop., 786. Houses, 176. The property is much subdivided. The manor belongs to Bethlehem hospital. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £280. Patron, the Bishop of Lincoln. The church is transition-Norman; has an early English door, and a fine tower; and was extensively repaired in 1844. The chapelry of Chapel-Mumby, or St. Leonard, is a separate benefice; and the living of it is a p. curacy, of the value of £80, in the patronage of the vicar. Wesleyan chapels are in Mumby and Langham-Row; and Primitive Methodist chapels, in Mumby and Chapel-Mumby. Charities, £12.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
