Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for GAYTON-LE-WOLD

GAYTON-LE-WOLD, a parish in Louth district, Lincoln; on the river Bain, 6 miles W by S of Louth, and 7 W by S of Louth r. station. Post town, Broughon-Bain, under Louth. Acres, 1, 139. Real property, £2, 784. Pop., 118. Houses, 20. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory, united with the rectory of Biscathorpe, in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £346. Patron, the Lord Chaiicellor. The church is tolerable; and there is a Free Methodist chapel.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Gayton le Wold CP/AP       Louth RegD/PLU       Lincolnshire AncC
Place: Gayton le Wold

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