Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for TIMBERLAND

TIMBERLAND, a township and a parish in Sleaford district, Lincoln. The township lies 4½ miles WSW of Kirkstead r. station, and 9 NE by N of Sleaford; and has a post-office under Sleaford. Real property, £4,856. Pop., 589. Houses, 121. The parish includes Martin and Thorpe-Tilney hamlets, and comprises 9,190 acres. Pop., 1,618. Houses, 325. The property is divided among a few. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £450.* Patron, Sir T. Whichcote, Bart. The church is good; and there are a Wesleyan chapel, a national school, and charities £5.


(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: Timberland AP/CP       Sleaford RegD/PLU       Lincolnshire AncC
Place: Timberland

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