Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for IRNHAM

IRNHAM, a village and a parish in Bourn district, Lincoln. The village stands near the river Glen, 1¾ mile NE of Corby r. station, and 6½ NW of Bourn; and has a post office under Bourn. The parish contains also the hamlets of Bulby and Hawthorpe. Acres, 3, 520. Real property, £5, 586. Pop., 347. Houses, 68. The manor, with Irnham Hall, belongs to the Woodhouse family. The hall is a handsome mansion in the Tudor style. The living is a rectory, united with the vicarage of Corby, in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £608. * Patron, W. H. Woodhouse, Esq. The church is ancient and good; consists of nave, N aisle, and chancel, with a tower; and contains some ancient monuments and brasses.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village and a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Irnham CP/AP       Bourne RegD/PLU       Lincolnshire AncC
Place: Irnham

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