[2] A hoard of 15–20,000 bronze coins dating from Gallienus to Aurelian (AD 253–275) were found in an urn covered by a dish at Riby Wold Farm in 1953.

[3] Lincoln Museum hold a further collection of 21 coins, Constantine - Gratian (AD 305–383), thought to be only part of a hoard found at Riby.

[4] The parish church is a Grade II* listed building dedicated to Saint Edmund and dating from the 12th century with an 1868 restoration by Ferrey, and built from limestone and ironstone.

"William Willoughbie a soldier wounded in the skirmish above named, buried July the 4th"Riby Grove was a country house, now demolished, which stood in the village.

His son William Edward Pretyman Tomline was born at Riby in 1787 and became a Member of Parliament and High Sheriff of Lincolnshire for 1824–25.