Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for LEGBOURNE

LEGBOURNE, a village and a parish in Louth district, Lincoln. The village stands near the East Lincoln railway, 3 miles SE of Louth; and has a station on the railway. The parish comprises 1,910 acres. Post town, Louth. Real property, £3,922. Pop., 512. Houses, 122. The property is subdivided. The manor belongs to John L. Fytche, Esq. A neat modern mansion, called the Abbey, occupies the site of a Cistertian nunnery which was founded by Robert Fitz-Gilbert, before the time of King John, and which has left no vestiges. Kenwick House is the seat of H. R. Allenby, Esq. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £250. * Patron, J. L. Fytche, Esq. The church consists of nave, aisles, and chancel, with a tower; and is plain but good. There are chapels for Wesleyans, Primitive Methodists, and U. Free Methodists, and a handsonme recent national school.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village and a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Legbourne CP/AP       Louth RegD/PLU       Lincolnshire AncC
Place: Legbourne

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