Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for ELKINGTON (South)

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))

Linked entities:
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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