Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for SCREDINGTON

SCREDINGTON, a village and a parish in Sleaford district, Lincoln. The village stands near the Bourn and Sleaford railway, 3½ miles S E by S of Sleaford. The parish contains also the hamlet of Northbeck; and itspost-town is Folkingham. Acres, 1,850. Real property, £2, 672. Pop., 392. Houses, 80. The property is much subdivided. Bricks are made. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £200. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of L. The church is tolerable; and there are a Wesleyan chapel, and charities £23.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village and a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Scredington CP/AP       Sleaford RegD/PLU       Lincolnshire AncC
Place: Scredington

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