Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for KEADBY

KEADBY, a village and a township in Althorpe parish, Lincoln. The village stands on the river Trent, at the end of the Stainforth and Keadby canal, and at the terminus of the Thorne and Keadby branch of the South Yorkshire railway, 4 miles E by S-of Crowle; and has a railway station with telegraph, and chapels for Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists. The township comprises 1, 047 acres. Real property, £3, 444; of which £155 are in the canal. Pop., 551. Houses, 80.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village and a township"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Althorpe CP/AP       Keadby CP/Tn       Lincolnshire AncC
Place: Keadby

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