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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
MININGSBY, a parish, with a village, in Horncastle district, Lincoln; on an affluent of the river Bain, 5¾ miles SE of Horncastle r. station. Post town, Revesby, under Boston. Acres, 730. Real property, £2,157. Pop., 477. Houses, 93. So many as 334 of the pop. and 68 of the houses are in an allotment in the West Fen. The manor belongs to Sir John Smith, Bart. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £294. Patron, the Duchy of Lancaster. The church is old; and consists of nave and chancel, with bell-turret. There are a Wesleyan chapel and a parochial school; and the parish shares in the free school of East Kirkby.
(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: | Miningsby AP/CP Horncastle RegD/PLU Lincolnshire AncC |
| Place: | Miningsby |
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