Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for TUPHOLME

TUPHOLME, a parish in Horncastle district, Lincoln; 2 miles N of Southrey r. station, and 7½ W of Horncastle. Post town, Wragby. Acres, 1,795. Real property, £1,542. Pop., 81. Houses, 13. The manor belongs to R. Vyner, Esq. A Premonstratensian abbey was founded here, in the time of Henry II., by A. and G. De Nevill; was given, at the dissolution, to Sir T. Heneage; and has left some picturesque ruins. The living is a vicarage, annexed to Rasen-Middle-Drax.


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

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