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HEIGHINGTON, a village and a township in Washingborough parish, Lincolnshire. The village stands near the Boston and Lincoln railway, 4 miles SE of Lincoln; and has a post office under Lincoln. The township comprises 1, 350 acres. Real property, £4, 974. Pop., 624. Houses, 148. The manor belongs to Joseph Moore, Esq. There are a chapel of ease, a Wesleyan chapel, and a free grammar school; and the school is held in the chapel of ease, and is endowed with about £135 a year.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "a village and a township" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
Administrative units: | Heighington CP/Ch Washingborough AP/CP Lincolnshire AncC |
Place: | Heighington |
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