In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Aubourn like this:
AUBOURN, a township and a parish in the district and county of Lincoln. The township lies on the river Witham, near the Fosse road and the Nottingham and Lincoln railway, 3½ miles SE of Thorpe r. station, and 6¼ SW by S of Lincoln; and includes the hamlet of Marlborough. Acres, 1,843. ...
Real property, £2,474. Pop., 308. Houses, 61. The parish includes also part of the township of Haddington. Post Town, Waddington under Lincoln. Acres, 2,109. Real property, with the rest of Haddington, £3,636. Pop., 376. Houses, 73. The property is divided among a few. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £209. Patron, the Rev. H. Neville. The church is Norman. There are a Wesleyan chapel, and charities £19.
Aubourn through time
Aubourn is now part of North Kesteven district. Click here for graphs and data of how North Kesteven has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Aubourn itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Aubourn, in North Kesteven and Lincolnshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/11422
Date accessed: 20th April 2024
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