Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for KELSTERN

KELSTERN, a township and a parish in Louth district, Lincoln. The township lies 5 ½ miles NW of Louth r. station. Pop., 134. Houses, 29. The parish contains also the hamlet of Lambcroft; and its post town is Louth. Acres, 2, 700. Real property, £3, 818. Pop., 196. Houses, 39. The property belongs to the Right Hon. John E. Denison. There is a barrow. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £150. Patron, the Right Hon. J. E. Denison. The church comprises nave and chancel, with a tower; and contains a beautiful monument to Lady South, who died in 1604.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a township and a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Kelstern AP/CP       Louth RegD/PLU       Lincolnshire AncC
Place: Kelstern

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