A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
KIRKBY, a village and a parish in Caistor district, Lincoln. The village stands on a branch of the river Ancholme, 2½ miles W by S of Usselby r. station, and 3½ NW of Market-Rasen. The parish contains also the village of Osgodby, which has a postal letter box under Market-Rasen; and it bears the name of Kirkby-cumOsgodby. Acres, 1, 710. Real property, £2, 211. Pop., 477. Houses, 108. The property is much subdividedThe manor belongs to George Hewit, Esq. The living is a vicarage, annexed to the vicarage of Owersby, in the diocese of Lincoln. The church is Norman, in good condition, and has a tower. There are chapels for Wesleyans, Primitive Methodists, and Roman Catholics, and a national school.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Caistor RegD/PLU Lincolnshire AncC |
| Place: | Kirkby |
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