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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
LEGBOURNE, a village and a parish in Louth district, Lincoln. The village stands near the East Lincoln railway, 3 miles SE of Louth; and has a station on the railway. The parish comprises 1,910 acres. Post town, Louth. Real property, £3,922. Pop., 512. Houses, 122. The property is subdivided. The manor belongs to John L. Fytche, Esq. A neat modern mansion, called the Abbey, occupies the site of a Cistertian nunnery which was founded by Robert Fitz-Gilbert, before the time of King John, and which has left no vestiges. Kenwick House is the seat of H. R. Allenby, Esq. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £250. * Patron, J. L. Fytche, Esq. The church consists of nave, aisles, and chancel, with a tower; and is plain but good. There are chapels for Wesleyans, Primitive Methodists, and U. Free Methodists, and a handsonme recent national school.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Legbourne CP/AP Louth RegD/PLU Lincolnshire AncC |
| Place: | Legbourne |
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