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ELKINGTON (South), a parish in Louth district, Lincoln; 3 miles W of the E Lincoln railway, and 2¼ WNW of Louth. It contains the hamlets of Ackthorpe and Coach-Grange; and has a post office, of the name of Elkington, under Louth. Acres, 3, 049. Real property, £5, 001, of which £270 are in quarries. Pop., 333. Houses, 64. The property is much subdivided. The living is a vicarage, united with the vicarage of North Elkington, in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £370.* Patron, the Rev. W. Smith. The church is good.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
Administrative units: | South Elkington AP/CP Louth RegD/PLU Lincolnshire AncC |
Place names: | ELKINGTON | ELKINGTON SOUTH | SOUTH ELKINGTON |
Place: | South Elkington |
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