In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Reepham like this:
REPHAM, or Reepham, a village and a parish in the district and county of Lincoln. The village stands adjacent to the Lincoln and Hull railway, 4 miles E N E of Lincoln; and has a station on the railway . The parish comprises 1, 430 acres; and its post town is Lincoln. Real property, £4,028. Pop., 436. Houses, 87. The property is much subdivided. The Burton hounds are kennelled here. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £176.* Patrons, the Mercers' Company, London. The church is good; and there is a parochial school.
Reepham through time
Reepham is now part of West Lindsey district. Click here for graphs and data of how West Lindsey has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Reepham itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Reepham, in West Lindsey and Lincolnshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/13495
Date accessed: 28th April 2024
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