Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for SOTBY

SOTBY, a parish in Horncastle district, Lincoln; 6½ miles NNW of Horncastle r. station. Post town, Wragby. Acres, 1,500. Real property, £1,447. Pop., 164. Houses, 29. The property belongs to R. Vyner, Esq. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £300.* Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church was repaired in 1859.


(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: Sotby CP/AP       Horncastle RegD/PLU       Lincolnshire AncC
Place: Sotby

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