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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
STOW, or Stowe, a village, a township, and a parish, in Gainsborough district, Lincoln. The village stands 2 miles E of Marton r. station, and 7½ SE of Gainsborough; was known to the Saxons as Sidnaceaster; was the seat of an early bishopric, a germ of the see of Lincoln; had a college, founded by Bishop Eadnorth, and transmuted into a Benedictine abbey at Eynsham; had also a castle, still represented by remains in Stow Park; and now has a post-office under Gainsborough, and a fair on 10 Oct.- The township includes the village. Real property, £4,309. Pop., 404. Houses, 92.—The parish contains also Sturton township and two hamlets; and comprises 4,620 acres. Pop., 1,070. Houses, 233. The property is much subdivided. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £300.* Patron, the Bishop of L. The church is chiefly Norman; and the chancel was restored in 1852. There are a Wesleyan chapel, an endowed school with £12 a year, and charities £38.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village, a township, and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Stow CP/AP Gainsborough RegD/PLU Lincolnshire AncC |
| Place names: | SIDNACEASTER | STOW | STOWE | STOW OR STOWE |
| Place: | Stow |
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