Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for GOKEWELL

GOKEWELL, a hamlet in Broughton parish, Lincoln; 5 miles WNW of Glanford-Brigg. A Cistertian nunnery was founded here, before 1185, by William de Alta Ripa.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a hamlet"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Broughton AP/CP       Lincolnshire AncC

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