Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Alford

Alford.-- par. and market town, mid. Lincolnshire, 22¾ miles NE. of Boston by rail -- par., 1410 ac., pop. 2894. The town has a free grammar-school; P.O., T.O., 3 Banks. Market-day, Tuesday.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish and market town"   (ADL Feature Type: "cities")
Administrative units: Alford AP/CP       Lincolnshire AncC
Place: Alford

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