In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Burgh on Bain like this:
BURGH-UPON-BAIN, or Brough-on-Bain, a parish in Louth district, Lincoln; on the river Bain, among the Wolds, 6¾ miles W of Louth r. station. It includes the hamlet of Girsby; and has a post office under Louth. Acres, 1,560. Real property, £2,595. Pop., 203. Houses, 32. The South Wold hounds meet here. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £133.* Patron, J. W. Fox, Esq. The church is good.
Burgh on Bain through time
Burgh on Bain is now part of East Lindsey district. Click here for graphs and data of how East Lindsey has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Burgh on Bain itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Burgh on Bain, in East Lindsey and Lincolnshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/11808
Date accessed: 24th April 2024
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