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BINBROOK, a village, a parish, and a subdistrict in the district of Louth, Lincoln. The village stands on the river Ancholme, at the foot of the Wolds, 8 miles ENE of Market-Raisen r. station; and has a post office‡ under Market-Raisen. It was formerly a market-town, and a place of some note; but has considerably decayed. The parish consists of two quondam parishes, Binbrook St. Gabriel and Binbrook St. Mary, united by act of parliament; and is held by some to include the hamlet of Orford, which others regard as extra-parochial. Acres, 6,070. Real property, £8,092. Pop., 1,334. Houses, 277. The property is divided among a few. The manor Belongs toTurnor, Esq. There are extensive rabbit warrens. The living is a rectory and a vicarage-St. Mary a rectory, St. Gabriel a vicarage in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £291. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church of St. M. is bad; and that of St. G. is in ruins. There are three Methodist chapels, a temperance hall, a national school, a reading room, a police station, and a church estate £83.-The subdistrict contains fourteen parishes and two extra-parochial tracts. Pop., 4,468.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village, a parish, and a subdistrict" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Binbrook CP Binbrook SubD Louth RegD/PLU Lincolnshire AncC |
| Place: | Binbrook |
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