In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Moorby like this:
MOORBY, a parish, with a small village, in Horncastle district, Lincoln: 4 miles SE by S of Horncastle, r. station. Post town, Boston. Acres, 950. Real property, £1,130. Pop., 128. Houses, 28. A tract, with 13 of the pop., and 4 of the houses, is an allotment in the Wildmore Fen. The manor belongs to J. ...
B. Stanhope, Esq. The living is a rectory, united with the p. curacy of Wood-Enderby, in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £200.* Patron, the Bishop of Manchester. The church was rebuilt in 1866; is in the early English style; and consists of nave and chancel, with vestry, porch, and NW spirelet. There are a Wesleyan chapel and a national school.
Moorby through time
Moorby 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 Moorby itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Moorby, in East Lindsey and Lincolnshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/13011
Date accessed: 26th April 2024
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