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A vision of Britain through time
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SCOTTER, a village, a parish, and a sub-district, in Gainsborough district, Lincoln. The village stands 3¼ miles N by W of Northorpe r. station, and 3¾ W N W of Kirton-in-Lindsey; was once a market-town; and has a post-office under Kirton-Lindsey, a horse and cattle fair on 6 July, and a pleasure fair on 10 July. The parish contains also two hamlets, and extends to the river Trent. Acres, 4, 630. Real property, £7,012. Pop., 1, 167. Houses, 267. The property is much subdivided. S. Hall is the seat of G. Roadley, Esq. Some ancientspurs and a helmet have been found. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £1,000. Patron, the Bishop of Peterborough. The church is ancient, and has undergone extensive alterations and repairs. There are four dissenting chapels, a national school, and charities £8.—The sub-district contains eleven parishes, part of another, and an extra-parochial tract. Acres, 30, 104. Pop., 4, 706. Houses, 1,017.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village, a parish, and a sub-district" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Scotter AP/CP Scotter SubD Gainsborough RegD/PLU Lincolnshire AncC |
| Place: | Scotter |
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