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BOOTHBY, or Boothby-Graffo, a parish in the district and county of Lincoln; on the Wolds, 5½ miles SE of Swinderby r. station, and 9 S of Lincoln. Post Town, Navenby, under Grantham. Acres, 2,850. Real property, £3,064. Pop., 218. Houses, 38. The property is divided among a few. Here are remains of Somerton Castle, built in 1305 by Bishop Bec, and used as the prison of John of France after the battle of Poictiers. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £638.* Patron, J. Fullerton, Esq. The church was rebuilt in 1842. There is 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: | Boothby Graffoe CP/AP Lincolnshire AncC |
Place names: | BOOTHBY | BOOTHBY GRAFFO | BOOTHBY OR BOOTHBY GRAFFO |
Place: | Boothby Graffoe |
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