Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Lindsey, Parts of

Lindsey, Parts of, division of Lincolnshire, 314,159 ac., pop. 80,151; gives the title of Earl to the Berties of Uffington, and gives name to 4 of the parliamentary divisions of the co.- West Lindsey or Gainsborough, pop. 48,819; North Lindsey or Brigg, pop. 48,809; East Lindsey or Louth, pop. 50,578; South Lindsey or Horncastle, pop. 48,893.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "division"
Administrative units: Lincolnshire AncC
Place names: LINDSEY     |     LINDSEY PARTS OF     |     PARTS OF LINDSEY
Place: Lindsey

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