In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Northorpe like this:
NORTHORPE, a parish in Gainsborough district, Lincoln; on the river Eau, and on the Manchester and Lincolnshire railway, 2 miles W S W of Kirton-in-Lindsey. It has a station on the railway, and its post town is Kirton-in-Lindsey. Acres, 1,816. Real property, £2, 651. Pop., 194. Houses, 41. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to T. Fox, Esq. Northorpe Hall is the residence of Mrs. Ashton. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £80. Patron, the Bishop of Lincoln. The church is good; and there is a national school.
Northorpe through time
Northorpe is now part of West Lindsey district. Click here for graphs and data of how West Lindsey has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Northorpe itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Northorpe, in West Lindsey and Lincolnshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/13375
Date accessed: 19th April 2024
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