A vision of Britain through time
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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BYTHAM-CASTLE, a village and a parish in Bourn district, Lincoln. The village stands on the river Glen, 1½ mile W by N of Little Bytham r. station, and 5 S of Corby; and has a post office under Stamford. The parish includes also the hamlet of Cownthorpe, and the chapelry of Holywell-with-Aunby. Acres, 7,760. Real property, £7,969. Pop., 1,024. Houses, 190. The manor was given by William the Conqueror to his brother-in-law, Odo, Earl of Albemarle; and passed to the Colvilles. An ancient castle stood on it; and was burned by Edward III., and afterwards rebuilt. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £480. Patron, the Bishop of Lincoln. There is a Wesleyan chapel. A school has £40 from endowment.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Bourne RegD/PLU Lincolnshire AncC |
| Place: | Castle Bytham |
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