Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for BLYBOROUGH

BLYBOROUGH, a parish in Gainsborough district, Lincoln; 2¾ miles SSE of Northorpe r. station, and 9 ENE of Gainsborough. It has a post office under Kirton-Lindsey. Acres, 2,345. Real property, £2,911. Pop., 209. Houses, 41. The property is divided between two. Blyborough Hall is the seat ofLuard, Esq. There are some mineral springs. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £519.* Patron, the Lord Chancellor. 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: Blyborough CP/AP       Gainsborough RegD/PLU       Lincolnshire AncC
Place: Blyborough

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