Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for GAYTON-LE-MARSH

GAYTON-LE-MARSH, a parish in Louth district, Lincoln; on a stream which runs to the sea at Saltfleet, 3 miles NE of Authorpe r. station, and 5¾ N by W of Alford. Post town, Withern, under Alford. Acres, 2, 166. Real property, £3, 211. Pop., 331. Houses, 62. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £450.* Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is ancient; underwent reconstruction in 1847; and was reported in 1859 to need repair. There are a Wesleyan chapel, a national school, and charities £45.


(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: Gayton le Marsh AP/CP       Louth RegD/PLU       Lincolnshire AncC
Place: Gayton le Marsh

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