Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for GRAINSBY

GRAINSBY, a parish in Louth district, Lincoln; 3 miles WNW of North Thorseby r. station, and 6½ S of Great Grimsby. Post town, North Thorseby, under Louth. Acres, 1, 167. Real property, £1, 965. Pop., 124. Houses, 24. The property is divided among a few. Grainsby Hall, a fine mansion, with greater part of the land, belongs to the Haighs. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £285.* Patron, J. Johnston, Esq. The church is good, and has a tower.


(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: Grainsby AP/CP       Louth RegD/PLU       Lincolnshire AncC
Place: Grainsby

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