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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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SCAWBY, a village and a parish in Glanford-Brigg district, Lincoln. The village stands near the Manchester and Lincolnshire railway, 2 miles S W of Brigg; and has a station, jointly with Hibaldstow, on the railway, and a post-office under Brigg. The parish contains also threehamlets, and comprises 3, 930 acres. Real property, £.6, 963. Pop., 1, 570. Houses 352. The manor, with S. Hall, belongs to the Rev. K. and Mrs. Sutton. There is a strong chalybeate spring. Remains exist of a Romancamp; and Roman pavement, coins, and other relicshave been found. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £350.* Patrons, the Rev. R. and Mrs. Sutton. The church, excepting the tower, was rebuilt in 1842. There are a Wesleyan chapel, a reading-room, an endowed school with £53 a year, and poors' land yielding about £120.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Scawby CP/AP Glanford Brigg RegD/PLU Lincolnshire AncC |
| Place: | Scawby |
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