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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.
HOGSTHORPE, a village and a parish in Spilsby district, Lincoln. The village stands 2 miles from the coast, 5 ESE of Willoughby r. station, and 7 SE of Alford; is large and pleasant; and has a post office under Alford. The parish contains also the hamlets of Slackholme, Anthorpe-Row, and part of Helsey. Acres, 2, 971. Real property, £6, 742. Pop., 874. Houses, 198. The manor belongs to Sir Richard H.Rycroft, Bart. There are brick fields and corn mills. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £100.* Patron, the Bishop of Lincoln. The church is mainly early English, with a tower; but has transition Norman massive pillars, and was restored in 1854. There are chapels for Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists, national schools, and charities £100. The schools were built in 1857, at a cost of £1, 000; and are in the early English style.
(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: | Hogsthorpe AP/CP Spilsby RegD/PLU Lincolnshire AncC |
| Place: | Hogsthorpe |
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