Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for THIMBLEBY

THIMBLEBY, a parish in Horncastle district, Lincoln; 1½ mile WNW of Horncastle r. station. Post town, Horncastle. Acres, 1,770. Real property, £3,641. Pop., 477. Houses, 95. The property is subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £441.* Patron, T. S. Hotchkin, Esq. The church was rebuilt in 1744. There are two Methodist chapels, a national school, and some charities.


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

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