In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Tallington like this:
TALLINGTON, a parish in Stamford district, Lincoln; on the river Welland and the Great Northern railway, 4 miles E by N of Stamford. It has a post-office under Stafford, and a r. station with telegraph. Acres, 690. Real property, £3,296. Pop., 239. Houses, 58. The manor belongs to the Earl of Lindsey. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £200.* Patron, the Earl of Lindsey. The church is old. There are a free school, and charities £93.
Tallington through time
Tallington is now part of South Kesteven district. Click here for graphs and data of how South Kesteven has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Tallington itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Tallington, in South Kesteven and Lincolnshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/13913
Date accessed: 26th April 2024
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