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MUMBY, a village and a parish in Spilsby district, Lincoln. The village stands 2½ miles from the coast, 3¾ E N E of Willoughby r. station, and 4 E S E of Alford. The parish contains also the chapelry of Chapel-Mumby, the hamlets of Elsey and Langham-Row, and part of the hamlet of Authorpe-Row; and its post town is Alford. Acres, 2, 620. Real property, £7,015. Pop., 786. Houses, 176. The property is much subdivided. The manor belongs to Bethlehem hospital. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £280.* Patron, the Bishop of Lincoln. The church is transition-Norman; has an early English door, and a fine tower; and was extensively repaired in 1844. The chapelry of Chapel-Mumby, or St. Leonard, is a separate benefice; and the living of it is a p. curacy, of the value of £80, in the patronage of the vicar. Wesleyan chapels are in Mumby and Langham-Row; and Primitive Methodist chapels, in Mumby and Chapel-Mumby. Charities, £12.
(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: | Mumby AP/CP Spilsby RegD/PLU Lincolnshire AncC |
| Place: | Mumby |
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