Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for THORESBY (South)

THORESBY (South), a parish in Louth district, Lincoln; 1¾ mile SW of Claythorpe r. station, and 3¾ WNW of Alford. Post town, Alford. Acres, 932. Real property, £1,903. Pop., 162. Houses, 30. The manor belongs to W. Wood, Esq. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £250.* Patron, the Duchy of Lancaster. The church was rebuilt in 1738.


(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: South Thoresby AP/CP       Louth RegD/PLU       Lincolnshire AncC
Place names: SOUTH THORESBY     |     THORESBY     |     THORESBY SOUTH
Place: South Thoresby

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