In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Bonby like this:
BONBY, or Bondeby, a parish in Glanford-Brigg district, Lincoln; on the river Ancholme, 4½ miles NNW of Barnetby r. station, and 6 N of Brigg. Post Town, Worlaby, under Brigg. Acres, 2,410. Real property, £3,742. Pop., 471. Houses, 101. The property is divided among a few. An alien priory was founded here in the time of King John; and given to the Chartreux house at Beauval in Notts, in the time of Henry IV. The living is a vicarage in the dio. of Lincoln. Value, £233.* Patron, the Earl of Yarborough. The church is old but good. There are two Methodist chapels.
Bonby through time
Bonby is now part of North Lincolnshire district. Click here for graphs and data of how North Lincolnshire has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Bonby itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Bonby in North Lincolnshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/11740
Date accessed: 05th November 2024
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