A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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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.
FILLINGHAM, a village and a parish in Gainsborough district, Lincolnshire. The village stands under a hill-range, near Ermine-street and the Lincoln and Althorpe railway, 9 miles N by W of Lincoln; and has a station on the railway, and a post office under Lincoln. The parish comprises 3, 980 acres. Real property, £3, 805. Pop., 316. Houses, 60. The property is mostly in one estate. Summer Castle here was built, in 1760, by Sir Cecil Wray, Bart.; is a castellated structure, in embattled style; stands on an eminence, commanding extensive views; and has a wooded and well-watered park. Vestiges exist of a Roman camp; and coins, spears, and other relics have been found. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £709.* Patron, Balliol College, Oxford. The church is of the 14th century, much disfigured by repairs.
(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: | Fillingham AP/CP Gainsborough RegD/PLU Lincolnshire AncC |
| Place: | Fillingham |
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