In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Willoughton like this:
WILLOUGHTON, a parish, with a village, in Gainsborough district, Lincoln; 2¾ miles SE of Northorpe r. station, and 3¾ S by W of Kirton-Lindsey. Post town, Kirton-Lindsey. Acres, 2,460. Real property, £4,156. Pop., 620. Houses, 140. The manor belongs to the Earl of Scarborough. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £200. Patron, alternately King's College, Cambridge, and the Earl of Scarborough. The church is good; and there are two Methodist chapels, and a national school.
Willoughton through time
Willoughton is now part of West Lindsey district. Click here for graphs and data of how West Lindsey has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Willoughton itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Willoughton, in West Lindsey and Lincolnshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/14081
Date accessed: 05th November 2024
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