Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for LANGTON-BY-WRAGBY

LANGTON-BY-WRAGBY, a parish in Horncastle district, Lincoln; 1 mile SE of Wragby, and 7 NNE of Bardney r. station. It has a post-office, of the name of Langton, under Wragby. Acres, 2,249. Real property, £2,437. Pop., 321. Houses, 59. The property is divided among five. The manor belongs to Earl Manvers. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £319. Patron, alternately Earl Manvers and C. Turnor, Esq. The church, excepting the tower, was rebuilt in 1866. There is a free school.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Langton By Wragby CP/AP       Horncastle RegD/PLU       Lincolnshire AncC
Place names: LANGTON     |     LANGTON BY WRAGBY
Place: Langton By Wragby

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