A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
SKIRBECK, a suburb, a parish, and a wapentake, in Lincoln. The suburb adjoins the SE side of Boston; consists of S. on the left bank of the river Witham, and S.-Quarter on the right bank; and has a post-office under Boston. The parish nearly surrounds Boston town; is in Boston district; includes a fen allotment; and, excepting that allotment, is all in Boston par. borough. Acres, 2,630. Real property, £19,579. Pop. in 1851, 2,429; in 1861, 2,878. Houses, 638. The property is much subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £737.* Patron, Mrs. A.Roy. The parochial church stands about a mile from the town; is ancient; and has a well-proportioned later English tower. Trinity chapel of ease stands on the Spilsby road, and was built in 1848. There are three national schools, an ancient hospital with £35 a year for bedesmen, alms houses with £24, and other charities with £27.-The wapentake excludes part of S. parish, but includes 7 other parishes; and is in the parts of Holland. Acres, 51,985. Pop. in 1851, 9,484; in 1861, 7,327. Houses, 1,478.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a suburb, a parish, and a wapentake" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Skirbeck AP/CP Lincolnshire AncC |
| Place: | Skirbeck |
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