A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
ORFORD, an extra-parochial tract in Louth district, Lincoln; 7½ miles N E of Market-Rasen. Acres, about 1,000. Pop., 25. The tract consists of two farms; belongs to W. Angerstein, Esq.; and is sometimes regardedas a hamlet of Binbrook parish. A nunnery was founded in the time of Henry II.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "an extra-parochial tract" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Louth RegD/PLU Lincolnshire AncC |
| Place: | Orford |
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