Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for GREETHAM

GREETHAM, a parish in Horncastle district, Lincoln; 3½ miles ENE of Horncastle town and r. station. Post town, Horncastle. Acres, 1, 180. Real property, £1, 990; of which £20 are in quarries. Pop., 152. Houses, 34. The property is chiefly divided between two. The land lies comparatively high, and commands extensive views. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £242. * Patron, the Bishop of Lincoln.


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

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