Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for LUND

LUND, a village and a parish in Beverley district, E. R. Yorkshire. The village stands on the wolds, 4 miles W by N of Lockington r. station, and 7 NW by N of Beverley; and has a post office under Beverley. The parish comprises 2,950 acres. Real property, £4,641. Pop., 505. Houses, 102. The property is much subdivided. The living is a vicarage, recently united with Kilnwick, in the diocese of York. Value, £289.* Patron,Grimston, Esq. The church is good, has an embattled tower, and contains a number of monuments. There are two Wesleyan chapels, and a parochial school.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village and a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Lund AP/CP       Beverley RegD/PLU       Yorkshire AncC
Place: Lund

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