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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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KILLINGHOLME, a parish, consisting of the two townships of North K. and South K., in Glanford-Brigg district, Lincoln. North K. lies 2 miles NE of Ulceby r. station, 2 W of the Humber, and 9½ NW of Great Grimsby; and contains a small straggling village of its own name. Real property, £2, 682. Pop., 181. Houses, 34. South K. lies 1 mile S of North K.; extends to the Humber; contains Ulceby r. station, a small village of its own name, and the hamlet of Ryehill; and has a post office, of the name of Killingholme, under Ulceby, and a small haven on the shore. Real property, £3, 691. Pop., 555. Houses, 117. Acres of the parish, 7, 225; of which 1, 935 are water. The property is subdivided. Brick and tileworks are in South K.; and three lighthouses are on the coast there, two of them erected in 1836, and one in 1852. The living is a vicarage, united with the vicarage of Habrough, in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £350. Patron, the Earl of Yarborough. The church stands in North K.; and is a neat edifice, with a small tower. Chapels for Baptists, Wesleyans, and Primitive Methodists, and a subscription school, are in South K.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Killingholme AP Lincolnshire AncC |
| Place: | Killingholme |
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