Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for KIRKBY-LE-THORPE, or Kirkby-Laythorpe

KIRKBY-LE-THORPE, or Kirkby-Laythorpe, a parish in Sleaford district, Lincoln; adjacent to the Grantham and Boston railway, 2 miles E of Sleaford. Post town, Sleaford. Acres, 1, 570. Real property, £3, 758. Pop., 208. Houses, 48. The manor belongs to the Marquis of Bristol. The living is a rectory, united with the rectory of Asgarby, in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £540. * Patron, the Marquis of Bristol. The church is ancient, with Norman arches and a low tower; and was repaired in 1855. There is a national school.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Kirkby la Thorpe AP/CP       Sleaford RegD/PLU       Lincolnshire AncC
Place names: KIRKBY LAYTHORPE     |     KIRKBY LE THORPE     |     KIRKBY LE THORPE OR KIRKBY LAYTHORPE
Place: Kirkby la Thorpe

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