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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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SKILLINGTON, a parish, with a village, in Grantham district, Lincoln; 4 miles SW by S of Great Ponton r. station, and 6½ S by W of Grantham. It has a post-office under Grantham. Acres, 2,140. Real property, £3,194. Pop., 466. Houses, 92. The manor belongs to the Earl of Dysart and Sir M. J. Cholmeley, Bart. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £105. Patron,Turner, Esq. The church is early English, and good; and has a tower and spire. There is a public school.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish, with a village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Skillington AP/CP Grantham RegD/PLU Lincolnshire AncC |
| Place: | Skillington |
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