Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for THORPE-ST PETER

THORPE-ST PETER, a parish, with a scattered village, in Spilsby district, Lincoln; 1½ mile NNW of Wainfleet, and 2½ ESE of Firsby r. station. Post town, Wainfleet, under Boston. Acres, 2,880. Real property, £6,242. Pop., 593. Houses, 124. The manor belongs to B. Reynardson, Esq. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £340. Patron, W. Hopkinson, Esq. The church is good. There are Wesleyan and Primitive Methodist chapels, and charities £5.


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

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

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