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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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LUDDINGTON, a village, a township, and a parish, in the district of Goole and county of Lincoln. The village stands on the Old Don river at the boundary with Yorkshire, 1½ mile W of the river Trent, and 5 NE of Crowle r. station; and has a post office under Howden. The township comprises 2,300 acres. Real property, £.3,738. Pop. in 1851,588; in 1861,684. Houses, 142. The parish contains also the township of Garthorpe, and comprises 3,680 acres. Real property, £7,229. Pop. in 1851,1,090; in 1861,1,264. Houses, 273. The property is subdivided. The manor belongs to Earl Manvers. Flax is grown and dressed. The living is a rectory and a vicarage in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £500.* Patron, J. M. Carter, Esq. The church was rebuilt in 1855, at a cost of £2,760; is in the early English style; and consists of nave, aisle, and chancel, with tower and spire. There are chapels for Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists, a parochial school, and some small charities.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village, a township, and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Luddington AP/CP Lincolnshire AncC |
| Place: | Luddington |
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