Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for BECKINGHAM

BECKINGHAM, a parish in the district of Newark and county of Lincoln; on the river Witham, 3½ s N of Claypole r. station, and 5 E of Newark. It includes the hamlet of Sutton; and has a post office under Newark. Acres, 2,200. Real property, £4,290. Pop., 431. Houses, 105. The property is not much divided. Th. living is a rectory, united with the p. curacies of Strag glesthorpe and Fenton, in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £697.* Patron, the Rev. G. Marsland. The church was recently restored. There is a Wesleyan chapel.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Beckingham AP/CP       Lincolnshire AncC
Place: Beckingham

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