Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for INGOLDMELLS

INGOLDMELLS, a parish, with a village, in Spilsby district, Lincoln; on the coast, 6 miles NE by E of Burgh r. station, and 11½ SE of Alford. Post town, Burgh, under Boston. Acres, 1,857; of which 450 are water. Real property, £3, 073. Pop., 319. Houses, 62. The property is subdivided. The manor belongs to the Massingberg family. The coast has a small headland, called Ingoldmells Point, and presents objects of interest to naturalists. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £182. * Patron, the Rev. J. Dodsworth. The church lost its chancel about the year 1706; has a transitional Norman nave, of six bays; was greatly improved in 1865; and contains some oak stalls, an octagonal font, and a curious brass of 1520. A handsome rectory house was lately built. There are a Primitive Methodist chapel, and recently erected schools.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish, with a village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Ingoldmells CP/AP       Spilsby RegD/PLU       Lincolnshire AncC
Place: Ingoldmells

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