Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for HORSINGTON

HORSINGTON, a parish in Horncastle district, Lincoln; 3½ miles NE of Stixwould r. station, and 4 W of Horncastle. Post town, Horncastle. Acres, 1, 700. Real property, £2, 833. Pop., 418. Houses, 89. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £450.* Patron, Magdalene College, Oxford. The church was rebuilt in 1860; is in the early English style; and consists of nave, aisle, and chancel, with tower and spire. There are chapels for Independents, and Wesleyans, and a national school.


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

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Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Horsington CP/AP       Horncastle RegD/PLU       Lincolnshire AncC
Place: Horsington

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