In Domesday Book Stimelbi, and in old writings Thimelby, is about a mile
north-west from Horncastle, the parishes adjoining each other. The manor
which in the reign of Charles the second was the property of Sir Robert
Bolles of Scampton, is now possessed by Thomas Hotchkin, Esquire, of
Tixover, in the county of Rutland, in the possession of whose ancestors
it has been for many years. In this parish is also the manor of
Hallgarth, which formerly belonged to a family named Bolton; but is now
the joint property of Richard Elmhirst, Esquire, of Uzzleby, and Mr. Kemp
of Thimbleby. The church rebuilt in the year 1744, is a small stone
edifice, possessing a considerable share of architectural merit: a stone
over the door points out the year in which it was rebuilt, but besides
this it exhibits no other inscription. {42a} The advowson of the rectory
belongs to the lord of the manor.