Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for WESTBOROUGH

WESTBOROUGH, a parish, with a village, in the district of Newark and county of Lincoln; on the river Witham, 3 miles W of Hougham r. station, and 7 NW by N of Grantham. Post town, Grantham. Acres, 890. Real property, £3,491. Pop., 245. Houses, 52. The manor belongs to G. Nevile, Esq. A Roman settlement was here. The living is twofold-a rectory united with Dry Doddington, and a rectory per se-in the diocese of Lincoln. Value of the former, £470; of the latter, £76.* Patron of both, the Rev. R. Hall. The church is good; and there is a Wesleyan chapel.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish, with a village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Westborough AP/CP       Lincolnshire AncC
Place: Westborough

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