In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Conisholme like this:
CONISHOLME, a parish in Louth district, Lincoln; near the coast, 5¾ miles ESE of Ludborough r. station, and 7½ NE of Louth. Post town, Grainthorpe, under Grimsby. Acres, 1, 195. Real property, £2, 218. Pop., 167. Houses, 31. The property is much subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lincoln. ...
Value, £250. Patron, the Earl of Ripon. The church is mainly early English; was once cruciform, without aisles; is so altered that the central tower now forms the chancel; contains a brass of 1550; and is in tolerable condition. There are chapels for Wesleyans and Free Methodists.
Conisholme through time
Conisholme is now part of East Lindsey district. Click here for graphs and data of how East Lindsey has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Conisholme itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Conisholme, in East Lindsey and Lincolnshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/11958
Date accessed: 25th April 2024
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