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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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CORRINGHAM, two hamlets, a parish, and a wapentake in Lincoln. The hamlets are Great and Little Corringham, and lie about 2¼ miles S by E of Blyton r. station, and 4 E by N of Gainsborough. The parish includes also the hamlets or villages of Aisby, Dunstall, Yawthorpe, and Somerby; and is in the district of Gainsborough. Post town, Blyton, under Gainsborough. Acres, 6, 189. Real property, £7, 109. Pop., 717. Houses, 138. The property is divided among a few. Somerby Park is the seat of Sir Thomas Beckett, Bart. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £200.* Patron, the Bishop of Lincoln. The church belonged to the Templars; shows some Norman features; has stalls and a brass; and is good. There are chapels for Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists. Charities, £15. -The wapentake is in the parts of Lindsey; extends to the boundary with Notts; and contains fourteen parishes and parts of two others. Acres, 49, 209. Pop., 14, 190. Houses, 3, 139.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "two hamlets, a parish, and a wapentake" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Corringham AP/CP Lincolnshire AncC |
| Place: | Corringham |
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