A vision of Britain through time
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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.
ROXBY, a parish, with a village and two hamlets, in Glanford-Brigg district, Lincoln; 1 mile S by W of Winterton, and 4 N N E of Frodingham r. station. Post-town, Winterton, under Brigg. Acres, 4, 784. Real property, £5, 970. Pop., 348. Houses, 73. The property is divided among three. About 3,000 acres are rabbit-warrens. Roman coins and a tesselated pavementwere found in 1709. The living is a double vicarage Roxby-with-Risbyin the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £389.* Patron,C. Elwes, Esq. The church is good.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish, with a village and two hamlets" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Roxby AP Glanford Brigg RegD/PLU Lincolnshire AncC |
| Place: | Roxby |
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