In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Miningsby like this:
MININGSBY, a parish, with a village, in Horncastle district, Lincoln; on an affluent of the river Bain, 5¾ miles SE of Horncastle r. station. Post town, Revesby, under Boston. Acres, 730. Real property, £2,157. Pop., 477. Houses, 93. So many as 334 of the pop. and 68 of the houses are in an allotment in the West Fen. ...
The manor belongs to Sir John Smith, Bart. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £294. Patron, the Duchy of Lancaster. The church is old; and consists of nave and chancel, with bell-turret. There are a Wesleyan chapel and a parochial school; and the parish shares in the free school of East Kirkby.
Miningsby through time
Miningsby 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 Miningsby itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Miningsby, in East Lindsey and Lincolnshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/13008
Date accessed: 25th April 2024
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