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.
WASHINGBOROUGH, a township and a parish in the district and county of Lincoln. The township lies on the river Witham, and on the Lincoln and Boston railway, 3 miles E by S of Lincoln; contains a village of its own name; and has a r. station. Real property, £4,869. Pop., 589. Houses, 139. The parish contains also Heighington township, which has a post-office under Lincoln; and it comprises 5,190 acres. Pop., 1,213. Houses, 287. The property is subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £1,554.* Patron, Sir W. A. Ingilby. The church is large and good; and has a fine E memorial window of 1866. There are a chapel of ease, two Methodist chapels, an endowed grammar-school with £135 a year, and charities £424.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a township and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Washingborough AP/CP Lincoln RegD/PLU Lincolnshire AncC |
| Place: | Washingborough |
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