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.
WITHAM-ON-THE-HILL, a township and a parish in Bourn district, Lincoln. The township lies 2 miles ESE of Little Bytham r. station, and 4 SW of Bourn; and has a post-office under Bourn. Acres, 2,150. Real property, £3,045. Pop., 236. Houses, 44. The parish includes Manthorpe, Toft, and Lound hamlets, and comprises 4,210 acres. Pop., 548. Houses, 115. The manor, with W. Hall, belongs to the Johnsons. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £107.* Patrons, the Representatives of the late Gen. Johnson. The church is good, and has a tower and spire. There are a Wesleyan chapel, an endowed school with £24 a year, and charities £232.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a township and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Witham on the Hill CP/AP Bourne RegD/PLU Lincolnshire AncC |
| Place: | Witham on the Hill |
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