Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for OXCOMBE

OXCOMBE, a parish in Louth district, Lincoln; on the Wolds, 6 miles N E by N of Horncastle r. station. Post-town, Horncastle. Acres, 1,020. Real property, £1, 200. Pop., 27. Houses, 4. The property belongs to D. Briggs, Esq. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £217.* Patron, D. Briggs, Esq. The church is a neat small building, in the pointed style; and consists of nave and chancel withoctagonal tower.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Oxcombe CP/AP       Louth RegD/PLU       Lincolnshire AncC
Place: Oxcombe

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