Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for GRAYINGHAM

GRAYINGHAM, a parish in Gainsborough district, Lincoln; on the Wolds, gear Ermine street, 2 miles S of Kirton Lindsey r. station, and 9 NE by E of Gainsborough. Post town, Kirton Lindsey. Acres, 1, 675. Real property, £2, 558. Pop., 135. Houses, 28. The property is all in one estate. The parish is a meet for the Brocklesby hounds. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £501. * Patron, Sir. J.Thorold, Bart. The church is good.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Grayingham AP/CP       Gainsborough RegD/PLU       Lincolnshire AncC
Place: Grayingham

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