In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Sixhills like this:
SIXHILLS, a parish in Caistor district, Lincoln; 4¼ miles ESE of Market-Rasen r. station. Post town, Market-Rasen. Acres, 1,962. Real property, £1,784. Pop., 164. Houses, 28. The manor belongs to G. F. Heneage, Esq. A Gilbertine priory was founded here, in the time of Stephen, by Albert de Greslei; was the prison of Mary, sister of Robert Bruce, in 1306; and was given, at the dissolution, to Sir T. Heneage. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £67.* Patron, G. F. Heneage, Esq.
Sixhills through time
Sixhills is now part of West Lindsey district. Click here for graphs and data of how West Lindsey has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Sixhills itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Sixhills, in West Lindsey and Lincolnshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/13568
Date accessed: 28th April 2024
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