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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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MOORBY, a parish, with a small village, in Horncastle district, Lincoln: 4 miles SE by S of Horncastle, r. station. Post town, Boston. Acres, 950. Real property, £1,130. Pop., 128. Houses, 28. A tract, with 13 of the pop., and 4 of the houses, is an allotment in the Wildmore Fen. The manor belongs to J. B. Stanhope, Esq. The living is a rectory, united with the p. curacy of Wood-Enderby, in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £200.* Patron, the Bishop of Manchester. The church was rebuilt in 1866; is in the early English style; and consists of nave and chancel, with vestry, porch, and NW spirelet. There are a Wesleyan chapel and a national school.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish, with a small village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Moorby AP/CP Horncastle RegD/PLU Lincolnshire AncC |
| Place: | Moorby |
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