Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for STALLINGBOROUGH

STALLINGBOROUGH, a parish, with S. village and Little London hamlet, in Caistor district, Lincoln; on the Manchester and Lincolnshire railway, 5 miles WNW of Great Grimsby. It has a post-office under Ulceby, and a r. station; and it extends to the Humber, and has there a coastguard station, a lighthouse, and a ferry. Acres, 5,792; of which 1,490 are foreshore. Real property, £7,981. Pop., 433. Houses, 97. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to R. Boucherett, Esq. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £250. Patron, the Bishop of L. The church is good; and there is a Wesleyan chapel.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Stallingborough CP/AP       Lincolnshire AncC
Place: Stallingborough

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