Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for THORNTON-LE-FEN

THORNTON-LE-FEN, a parish in Boston district, Lincoln; 2¾ miles SE of Dogdyke r. station, and 7½ NW of Boston. Post town, Coningsby, under Boston. Acres, 380. Real property, £2,835. Pop., 193. Houses, 30. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £84. Patrons, Trustees. The church was built in 1816. There are chapels for Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists.


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

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Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Thornton le Fen Ch/PA/CP       Boston RegD/PLU       Lincolnshire AncC
Place: Thornton le Fen

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