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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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UFFINGTON, a parish, with a village, in Stamford district, Lincoln; on the river Welland, adjacent to the Syston and Peterborough railway, 2½ miles E of Stamford. It has a post-office under Stamford, and a r. station. Acres, 3,996. Real property, £7,148. Pop., 510. Houses, 107. The manor, with U. Hall, belongs to the Earl of Lindsey. Case-wick Hall is the seat of Lord Kesteven. An Augustinian canonry was founded at Newstead, in the time of Henry III., by W. de Albini; and was given, at the dissolution, to R. Manours. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £837.* Patron, the Earl of Lindsey. The church is partly early English, and has a handsome crocketted spire. There are an endowed school with £20 a year, and charities £50.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish, with a village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Uffington AP/CP Stamford RegD/PLU Lincolnshire AncC |
| Place: | Uffington |
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