In Domesday Book Stimelbi, {43} 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 property of Richard Elmhirst, Esquire, of Louth. 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. {44a} The advowson of the rectory belongs to the lord
of the manor.