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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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ORMSBY (South), a village and a parish in Spilsby district, Lincoln. The village stands on an acclivity of the Wolds, 4 miles S W of Anthorpe r. station, and 5½ W of Alford; and has a post-office under Alford. The parish contains also the hamlet or quondam parish of Ketsby, and comprises 2, 377 acres. Real property, £4,064. Pop., 261. Houses. 51. The property of Ormsby-proper belongs to the Massingberd family; and that of Ketsby, to Capt. D. Yorke. Ormsby Hall is the seat of the Massingberds, and stands in a well-wooded park. A Roman camp of 3 acres is on the brow of asteep hill; and several Roman coins have been found on and near it. An ancient water-mill, mentioned in Domesday book, is in Ketsby. The living is a rectory, united with the rectories of Ketsby and Driby, and with the vicarage of Calceby, in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £800.* Patrons, the Massingberd family. The church is transition Norman, in good condition; consists of nave, aisles, chancel, and mortuary chapel, with a tower; and contains brasses of 1430 and 1495, and severalneat monnments of the Massingberds. National schools were erected in 1858.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | South Ormesby Cum Ketsby CP Spilsby RegD/PLU Lincolnshire AncC |
| Place names: | ORMSBY | ORMSBY SOUTH | SOUTH ORMSBY |
| Place: | South Ormesby |
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