John Marius Wilson's "Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales," 1870-72:

    BRINKHILL, a parish in Spilsby district, Lincoln; 3 miles WSW of Alford r. station, and 5½ NNW of Spilsby.  Post Town, Ulceby. Acres, 780. Real property, £1,333.  Pop., 175. Houses, 37. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £137. Patron, Col. Cracroft. The church is good; and there are a Wesleyan chapel, and charities £8.