Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for CLAYPOLE

CLAYPOLE, a parish and a sub-district in the district of Newark and county of Lincoln. The parish lies on the river Witham and the Great Northern railway, contiguous to Notts, 4½ miles SE of Newark; and has a station on the railway, and a post office under Newark-Acres, 3, 370. Real property, £5, 823. Pop., 774. Houses, 144. The property is much subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £737.* Patron, J. P. Plumptre, Esq. The church is a fine structure, of various character, with tower and spire. There are chapels for Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists. The Newark workhouse is here. -The sub-district contains eleven parishes and an extra-parochial tract. Acres, 25, 586. Pop., 4, 487. Houses, 935.


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

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Feature Description: "a parish and a sub-district"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Claypole CP/AP       Claypole SubD       Lincolnshire AncC
Place: Claypole

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