Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for WILKSBY

WILKSBY, a parish in Horncastle district, Lincoln; 5 miles SSE of Horncastle r. station. Post town, Boston. Acres, 670. Real property, £770. Pop., 57. Houses, 11. The manor belongs to J. B. Stanhope, Esq. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £120. Patron, the Hon. H. Dymoke. The church is good.


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

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