A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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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.
COLEBY, a parish in the district and county of Lincoln; on the Wolds, near Ermine-street, 5 miles E of Swinderby r. station and 8 S of Lincoln. Post town, Harmston, under Lincoln. Acres, 2, 600. Real property, £4, 274. Pop., 458. Houses, 104. The property is divided among a few. Coleby Hall, the seat of the Temple family, is a Tudor edifice by Sir W. Chambers. Limestone occurs; and many Roman remains have been found. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £126.* Patron, Oriel College, Oxford. The church is partly Norman, partly of later dates; and has a fine spire and a font. There are a Wesleyan chapel, and charities £6.
(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: | Coleby AP/CP Lincolnshire AncC |
| Place: | Coleby |
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