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MAREHAM-ON-THE-HILL, a parish in Horncastle district, Lincoln; 2 miles SE of Horncastle r. station. It includes an allotment, in Wildmore fen; and its posttown is Horncastle. Acres, 1,380; of which about 150 are in the fen. Real property, £1,802. Pop. in 1861, 215; of whom 34 were in the fen. Houses, 44. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to Turnor, Esq. The living is a vicarage, united with the vicarage of High Toynton, in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £300. Patron, the Bishop of Manchester. The church consists of nave and chancel, with bell-turret; was repaired in 1804, when coins of Edward IV. and Henry VII. were found in its wall; and was reported in 1859 as very bad. There is a Wesleyan chapel.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
Administrative units: | Mareham on the Hill CP/AP Horncastle RegD/PLU Lincolnshire AncC |
Place: | Mareham on the Hill |
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