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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.
BURWELL, a parish in Louth district, Lincoln; 2¾ miles W by S of Authorpe r. station, and 5¼ SSE of Louth. It has a post office under Louth; and fairs are held in it on 14 May and Old Michaelmas day. Acres, 2,190. Real property, £2,471. Pop., 159. Houses, 28. Burwell Park is the seat of H. Lister, Esq.; and was the birthplace of Sarah Jennings, the famous Duchess of Marlborough. A Benedictine priory was founded in the parish, by John de Hay, ancestor of the Umfravilles; made a cell to St. Mary's Abbey, Bordeaux; and passed eventually to the Duke of Suffolk. The living is a vicarage, united with the p. curacy of Walmsgate, in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £54. Patron, H. Lister, Esq. The church has a Norman chancel arch.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Burwell CP/AP Louth RegD/PLU Lincolnshire AncC |
| Place: | Burwell |
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