In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Covenham St Mary like this:
COVENHAM-ST. MARY, a parish in Louth district, Lincoln; adjacent to the Boston and Grimsby railway and to the Louth navigation, 2 miles SE of Ludborough r. station, and 4½ NNE of Louth. Post town, Covenham, under Louth. Acres, 950. Real property, £1, 565. Pop., 196. Houses, 46. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £197. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is decorated English, in tolerable condition; and contains an Easter sepulchre in the north wall of the chancel. Charities, £32.
Covenham St Mary through time
Covenham St Mary is now part of East Lindsey district. Click here for graphs and data of how East Lindsey has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Covenham St Mary itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Covenham St Mary, in East Lindsey and Lincolnshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/12004
Date accessed: 29th April 2024
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