Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for MANBY

MANBY, a parish, with a village, in Louth district, Lincoln; 3 miles NE of Legbourne r. station, and 4½ E by S of Louth. Post town, Louth. Acres, 1,460. Real property, £2,088. Pop., 210. Houses, 47. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to S. T. Scrope, Esq. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lincoln. Valne, £482. Patron, the Rev. J. Waite. The church is late perpendicular, in good condition; and consists of nave and chancel, with a tower. There is a Wesleyan chapel.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish, with a village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Manby CP/AP       Louth RegD/PLU       Lincolnshire AncC
Place: Manby

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