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.
ALKBOROUGH, or Aukborough, a parish in Glanford Brigg district, Lincoln; at the mouth of the river Trent, 5 miles S of Brough r. station, and 10½ W of Barton-upon-Humber. It has a post office under Brigg; and contains the hamlet of Walcot. Acres, 2,875; of which 335 are water. Real property, £3,394. Pop., 497. Houses, 99. The property is divided between two. A high ground, with cliff, overhanging the Trent, commands a brilliant view of the basins of the Trent, the Ouse, and the Humber, and forms a strong, natural, military post for overawing great part of the coast of England. A Roman camp occurs here, of square outline, 300 feet each side, with vallum and ditch nearly entire; and now bears the name of Countess Close, from a tradition that it was inhabited by a Countess of Warwick. Alkborough is thought to have been the Roman Aquis. The living is a vicarage, united with the vicarage of Whitton, in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £209. Patrons, the Bishop of Lincoln and the Rev.Constable. The church is ancient. There are two Methodist chapels and a large alms-house.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Alkborough CP/AP Glanford Brigg RegD/PLU Lincolnshire AncC |
| Place names: | ALKBOROUGH | ALKBOROUGH OR AUKBOROUGH | AUKBOROUGH |
| Place: | Alkborough |
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