Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for MARTIN

MARTIN, a parish in Horncastle district, Lincoln; on the Horncastle canal and the Horncastle railway, 2¼ miles SW by S of Horncastle. Post town, Horncastle. Acres, 764. Real property, £1,110. Pop., 56. Houses, 10. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to W. Gilliat, Esq. The parish is a meet for the South Wold hounds. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £170. Patron, alternately W. Gilliat, Esq., and J. W. Floyer, Esq. The church is a thatched edifice of nave and chancel, with a wooden tur.ret. Scott, the commentator, began his ministry here.


(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: Martin AP/CP       Horncastle RegD/PLU       Lincolnshire AncC
Place: Martin

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