Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for SWINSTEAD

SWINSTEAD, a parish, with a village, in Bourn district, Lincoln; 2 miles SE of Corby r. station, and 5 WNW of Bourn. Post town, Bourn. Acres, 1,330. Real property, £2,122. Pop., 396. Houses, 83. The manor belongs to Lord Willonghby D'Eresby. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £115.* Patron, Lord Willoughby D'Eresby. The church was restored in 1854 and 1859. There is a Baptist chapel.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish, with a village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Swinstead CP/AP       Bourne RegD/PLU       Lincolnshire AncC
Place: Swinstead

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