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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))
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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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