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DOWSBY, a parish in Bourn district, Lincoln, 3½ miles SE by S of Folkingham, and 6 NNE of Bourn r. station. Post town, Rippingale, under Bourn. Acres, 1,809. Real property, £3, 618. Pop., 195. Houses, 38. The property is divided among nine. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £424.* Patron, the Rev. K. Foster. The church is old but good, and has an embattled tower.
(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: | Dowsby AP/CP Bourne RegD/PLU Lincolnshire AncC |
Place: | Dowsby |
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