In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Mareham on the Hill like this:
MAREHAM-ON-THE-HILL, a parish in Horncastle district, Lincoln; 2 miles SE of Horncastle r. station. It includes an allotment, in Wildmore fen; and its posttown is Horncastle. Acres, 1,380; of which about 150 are in the fen. Real property, £1,802. Pop. in 1861, 215; of whom 34 were in the fen. ...
Houses, 44. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to Turnor, Esq. The living is a vicarage, united with the vicarage of High Toynton, in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £300. Patron, the Bishop of Manchester. The church consists of nave and chancel, with bell-turret; was repaired in 1804, when coins of Edward IV. and Henry VII. were found in its wall; and was reported in 1859 as very bad. There is a Wesleyan chapel.
Mareham on the Hill through time
Mareham on the Hill 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 Mareham on the Hill itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Mareham on the Hill, in East Lindsey and Lincolnshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/12991
Date accessed: 25th April 2024
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