Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for CROXBY

CROXBY, a parish in Caistor district, Lincoln; 5 miles SE by E of Caistor, and 7½ NE by E of Usselby r. station. Post town, Caistor. Acres, 1, 628. Real property, £2, 447. Pop., 147. Houses, 22. 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, £120.* Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is old but 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: Croxby CP/AP       Caistor RegD/PLU       Lincolnshire AncC
Place: Croxby

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