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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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TORKSEY, a village and a parish in Gainsborough district, Lincoln. The village stands on the river Trent, at the junction of the Foss-dyke, and on the Retford and Lincoln railway, 7 miles S by E of Gainsborough; dates from very ancient times; was the place where Paulinus baptized his converts in 630, and where the Danes wintered in 873; had 200 burgesses at Domesday, and two churches in the time of Henry VIII.; had also an Augustinian priory, founded by King John, and given at the dissolution to Sir P. Hobbey; is now a small place; and has a station on the railway, and a fair on Whit-Monday. The parish contains three townships, and comprises 3,170 acres. Post town, Gainsborough. Real property, £3,782. Pop., 379. Houses, 79. T. Castle occupies the site of a Roman granary; is supposed to have been built in the time of Cromwell; and is now a ruin, with brick front and four stone turrets. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £60. Patron, the Hon.H. Cust. There is a Wesleyan chapel.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Torksey CP/Tn/AP Gainsborough RegD/PLU Lincolnshire AncC |
| Place: | Torksey |
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