Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for ALLINGTON (East and West)

ALLINGTON (East and West), two parishes in the district of Newark and county of Lincoln; 2¼ miles N of Sedgebrook r. station, and 4 NW of Grantham. They have a post office, of the name of Allington, under Grantham. Acres in both, 2,070. Real property, £3,535. Pop. of E. A., 275. Houses, 64. Pop. of W. A., 135. Houses, 27. The property is not much divided. Allington House is an edifice in the Tudor style. The livings are in the diocese of Lincoln; and that of E. A. is a curacy annexed to the rectory of Sedgebrook; while that of W. A. is a rectory, of the value of £262, in the patronage of the Lord Chancellor. The church is very good; and there are charities £17.


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

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Feature Description: "two parishes"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Allington CP/Tn       Lincolnshire AncC
Place: Allington

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