In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Kirkby Underwood like this:
KIRKBY-UNDER-WOOD, a parish in Bourn district, Lincoln; 3½ miles N by E of Edenham r. station, and 5 N by W of Bourn. Post town, Rippingale, under Bourn. Acres, 1, 340. Real property, £1, 514. Pop., 189. Houses, 38. The manor belongs to Lord Aveland. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £172. Patron, the Bishop of Lincoln. The church is old, and has a tower. There are alms houses with £59 a year, and other charities with £13.
Kirkby Underwood through time
Kirkby Underwood is now part of South Kesteven district. Click here for graphs and data of how South Kesteven has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Kirkby Underwood itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Kirkby Underwood, in South Kesteven and Lincolnshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/12760
Date accessed: 19th April 2024
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