Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for IRBY-IN-THE-MARSH

IRBY-IN-THE-MARSH, a village and a parish in Spilsby district, Lincoln. The village stands near the river Steeping, and near Firsby r. station, 5 miles ESE of Spilsby. The parish comprises 1, 090 acres; and its post town is Spilsby. Real property, £1, 427. Pop., 169. Houses, 36. The property is much divided. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £83. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Lincoln. The church is very ancient but good; and consists of nave and chancel, with a low tower. There are chapels for Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists, an endowed national school, and a share with Burgh-le-Marsh in Holden's charity.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village and a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Irby in the Marsh CP/AP       Spilsby RegD/PLU       Lincolnshire AncC
Place: Irby in the Marsh

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