Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for HIBALDSTOW

HIBALDSTOW, a village and a parish in GlanfordBrigg district, Lincoln. The village stands near Erminestreet, the river Ancholme, and the Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction railway, 3½ miles SW of GlanfordBrigg; and has a post office letter box under KirtonLindsey, and a station, jointly with Scawby, on the railway. The parish comprises 4, 390 acres. Real property, £6, 100. Pop., 775. Houses, 165. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to M. D. Dallison, Esq. Roman coins and other Roman relics have been found. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £364.* Patron, alternately the Bishop of Lincoln and M. D. Dallison, Esq. The church is Norman, in fair condition; and has a tower. There are chapels for Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists, and a national school.


(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: Hibaldstow CP/AP       Lincolnshire AncC
Place: Hibaldstow

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