A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
LUDFORD-MAGNA, a village and a parish in Louth district, Lincoln. The village stands near the end of the Fosse way, 6 miles E of Market-Rasen r. station; and has a post office, of the name of Ludford, under Market-Rasen. The parish, with Ludford Parva, comprises 3,310 acres. Real property of L. M. alone, £4,177. Pop., 356. Houses, 78. The landed property is divided among a few. Roman coins have been found. The living is a vicarage, united with the rectory of Ludford Parva, in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £293.* Patron, alternately E. Heneage, Esq., and H. R. Boucherett, Esq. The church was rebuilt in 1865, at a cost of £2,125; and is in the decorated English style, and cruciform. There are chapels for Wesleyans and United Free Methodists, and a national school.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Ludford Magna CP/AP Louth RegD/PLU Lincolnshire AncC |
| Place: | Ludford Magna |
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