In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Legsby like this:
LEGSBY, a parish in Caistor district, Lincoln; 3 miles NE of Wickenby r. station, and 3½ SE of Market-Rasen. It contains the hamlets of Bleasby and Collow; and its Post town is Wragby. Acres, 2,886. Real property, £2,796. Pop., 365. Houses, 70. The manor belongs to Mrs. Sutton. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £221. Patron, Mrs. Sutton. The church is a plain building. There are chapels for Wesleyans and United Free Methodists, and a national school.
Legsby through time
Legsby is now part of West Lindsey district. Click here for graphs and data of how West Lindsey has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Legsby itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Legsby, in West Lindsey and Lincolnshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/12795
Date accessed: 28th March 2024
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