Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for LAVINGTON, or LENTON

LAVINGTON, or LENTON, a village, a township, and a parish, in Grantham district, Lincoln. The village stands on an affluent of the river Glen, 4 miles SW of Falkingham, and 5 NE by N of Corby r. station; and is a scattered place. The township includes also the hamlet of Hanby. Real property, £2, 520. Pop., 175. Houses, 30. The parish contains also the townships of Keisby and Osgodby; and its post town is Ingoldsby, under Grantham. Acres, 4, 193. Real property, £5, 404. Pop., 330. Houses, 58. The property is divided among a few. The manors of Lavington and Osgodby belong to Lord Aveland; and that of Keisby belongs to the Earl of Dysart. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £514.* Patron, Lord Aveland. The church is ancient but good, and has a tower and spire. There is an endowed school, with £10 a year.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village, a township, and a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Lenton AP/CP       Grantham RegD/PLU       Lincolnshire AncC
Place names: LAVINGTON     |     LAVINGTON OR LENTON     |     LENTON
Place: Lenton

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