Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for WELLINGORE

WELLINGORE, a parish, with a village, in Sleaford district, Lincoln; 1½ mile from Navenby r. station, and 9½ NW of Sleaford. It has a post-office under Grantham. Acres, 2,400. Real property, £5,807. Pop., 943. Houses, 200. The manor belongs to the Executors of H. Nevile, Esq. W. Hall is a residence of theirs, but nearly unoccupied; and Hill House, of G. Woolhouse, Esq. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £206.* Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of L. The church is good, and has a tower and spire. There are a Wesleyan chapel, a national school, and charities £5.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

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Feature Description: "a parish, with a village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Wellingore AP/CP       Sleaford RegD/PLU       Lincolnshire AncC
Place: Wellingore

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