Place:


Wainfleet St Mary  Lincolnshire

 

In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Wainfleet St Mary like this:

WAINFLEET-ST. MARY, a parish, with a village, in Spilsby district, Lincoln; 1½ mile WSW of Wainfleet-All Saints, and 3 SE by S of Firsby r. station. Post town, Wainfleet, under Boston. Acres, 14,019; of which 7,145 are water. Real property, £10,312. Pop., 730. Houses, 144. The property is divided chiefly among three. The manor belongs to Bethlehem Hospital. W. Hall is the seat of H. J. Seels, Esq. The living is a curacy in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £201.* Patron, Bethlehem Hospital. The church is good; and there are a free school, and charities £24.

Wainfleet St Mary through time

Wainfleet St Mary 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 Wainfleet St Mary itself, go to Units and Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Wainfleet St Mary, in East Lindsey and Lincolnshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/14043

Date accessed: 28th March 2024


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