Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for RANBY

RANBY, a parish in Horncastle district, Lincoln; on the river Bain, 6½ miles N N W of Horncastle r. station. Post-town, Wragby. Acres, 1, 240. Real property, £1, 535. Pop., 142. Houses, 27. The property is all in one estate. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £86. Patron, Miss A. Otter. The church was rebuilt in 1839, and has a lofty tower.


(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: Ranby Ch/CP       Horncastle RegD/PLU       Lincolnshire AncC
Place: Ranby

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