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WIGTOFT, a parish, with two hamlets, in Boston district, Lincoln; 2 miles WNW of Algarkirk r. station, and 6½ SW of Boston. Post town, Spalding. Acres, 3,300. Real property, £7,812. Pop., 732. Houses, 129. The property is subdivided. The living is a vicarage, united with Quadring, in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £412.* Patron, the Bishop of L. The church includes Norman, early English, and later English portions, and is good. There are two Methodist chapels, an endowed school with £57 a year, and several charities.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish, with two hamlets" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Wigtoft AP/CP Boston RegD/PLU Lincolnshire AncC |
| Place: | Wigtoft |
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