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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.
DUNSTON, a parish in the district and county of Lincoln; on a branch of the river Witham, near Duns Dyke, 5 miles WSW of Stixwould r. station, and 8 SE by S of Lincoln. It has a post office under Sleaford. Acres, 4, 620. Real property, £4, 108. Pop., 575. Houses, 108. The property is divided among a few. Much of the land, now enclosed and cultivated, was formerly a dismal waste; and a pillar, 92 feet high, close to the public road through it, was erected in 1751, as a land-mark. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £151.* Patron, the Bishop of Lincoln. The church is good; and there is a Wesleyan chapel. A lepers' hospital was founded here in the time of Henry III.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Dunston CP/AP Lincolnshire AncC |
| Place: | Dunston |
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